How to create toast from IntentService? It gets stuck on the screen

Question

I\'m trying to have my IntentService show a Toast message, but when sending it from the onHandleIntent message, the toast shows but gets stuck and the screen and never leave

Answer 1

in onCreate() initialize a Handler and then post to it from your thread.

private class DisplayToast implements Runnable{
  String mText;

  public DisplayToast(String text){
    mText = text;
  }

  public void run(){
     Toast.makeText(mContext, mText, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
  }
}
protected void onHandleIntent(Intent intent){
    ...
  mHandler.post(new DisplayToast("did something")); 
}

Answer 2

Use the Handle to post a Runnable which content your operation

protected void onHandleIntent(Intent intent){
    Handler handler=new Handler(Looper.getMainLooper());
    handler.post(new Runnable(){
    public void run(){ 
        //your operation...
        Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "hello world", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
    }  
}); 

Answer 3

Here is the full IntentService Class code demonstrating Toasts that helped me:

package mypackage;

import android.app.IntentService;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Handler;
import android.os.Looper;
import android.widget.Toast;

public class MyService extends IntentService {
    public MyService() { super("MyService"); }

    public void showToast(String message) {
        final String msg = message;
        new Handler(Looper.getMainLooper()).post(new Runnable() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), msg, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
            }
        });
    }

    @Override
    protected void onHandleIntent(Intent intent) {
        showToast("MyService is handling intent.");
    }
}