Android AsyncTaskLoader doesn't start loadInBackground?

Question

I am trying to implement a loader example on Android but can\'t get it to start the loader. I am using the following code. It will hit the \"Create Loader\" but it will never re

Answer 1

I had the same problem using the compatibility library. I solved it by calling forceLoad

getLoaderManager().initLoader(0, null, this).forceLoad();

Obviously the documentation on AsyncLoader is lacking and this problem also exists on HoneyComb. More information can be found here

The official example of AsyncTaskLoader is also calling forceLoad() so its not a bug, but i still think that that behavior is not very intuitive.