Android- download file + status bar notification slowing down phone

Question

I currently have an asynctask which downloads a mp3 from a server. When the user starts to download it, a status bar notification is created. This displays the prog

Answer 1

I too experienced this problem. I was updating the progress bar WAY too often (even when the progress didn't change), here's how I fixed that:

        // While loop from generic download method.
        int previousProgress = 0;
        while ((count = inputStream.read(buff)) != -1) {
            outputStream.write(buff, 0, count);
            totalBytesDownloaded += count;
            int prog = (int) (totalBytesDownloaded * 100 / contentLength);
            if (prog > previousProgress) {
                // Only post progress event if we've made progress.
                previousProgress = prog;
                myPostProgressMethod(prog);

            }
        }

Now the app runs great and the user still receives a progress notification.