How to get the result of OnPostExecute() to main activity because AsyncTask is a separate class?

Question

I have this two classes. My main Activity and the one that extends the AsyncTask, Now in my main Activity I need to get the result from the OnPostExecute(

Answer 1

You can write your own listener. It's same as HelmiB's answer but looks more natural:

Create listener interface:

public interface myAsyncTaskCompletedListener {
    void onMyAsynTaskCompleted(int responseCode, String result);
}

Then write your asynchronous task:

public class myAsyncTask extends AsyncTask {

    private myAsyncTaskCompletedListener listener;
    private int responseCode = 0;

    public myAsyncTask() {
    }

    public myAsyncTask(myAsyncTaskCompletedListener listener, int responseCode) {
        this.listener = listener;
        this.responseCode = responseCode;
    }

    @Override
    protected void onPreExecute() {
        super.onPreExecute();
    }


    @Override
    protected String doInBackground(String... params) {
        String result;
        String param = (params.length == 0) ? null : params[0];
        if (param != null) {
            // Do some background jobs, like httprequest...
            return result;
        }
        return null;
    }

    @Override
    protected void onPostExecute(String finalResult) {
        super.onPostExecute(finalResult);
        if (!isCancelled()) {
            if (listener != null) {
                listener.onMyAsynTaskCompleted(responseCode, finalResult);
            }
        }
    }
}

Finally implement listener in activity:

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity implements myAsyncTaskCompletedListener {

    @Override
    public void onMyAsynTaskCompleted(int responseCode, String result) {

        switch (responseCode) {
            case TASK_CODE_ONE: 
                // Do something for CODE_ONE
                break;
            case TASK_CODE_TWO:
                // Do something for CODE_TWO
                break;
            default: 
                // Show some error code
        }        
    }

And this is how you can call asyncTask:

 protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
        // Some other codes...
        new myAsyncTask(this,TASK_CODE_ONE).execute("Data for background job");
        // And some another codes...
}