Android AsyncTask - avoid multiple instances running

Question

I have AsyncTask that processes some background HTTP stuff. AsyncTask runs on schedule (Alarms/service) and sometime user executes it manually.

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Answer 1

try having some instance boolean value that gets set to "true" on the asynctask's preexecute then "false" on postexecute. Then maybe in doinbackground check if that boolean is true. if so, then call cancel on that particular duplicate task.