AsyncTask return value

Question

My android app connects to my website to retrieve and upload information so I use an AsyncTask thread.

In one instance, I need my thread to return a true or a false

Answer 1

public class RunWebScript {
String mString;
public RunWebScript(String url){
    try {   
        URL updateURL = new URL(url);  
        URLConnection conn = updateURL.openConnection(); 
        // now read the items returned...
        InputStream is = conn.getInputStream();  
        BufferedInputStream bis = new BufferedInputStream(is);  
        ByteArrayBuffer baf = new ByteArrayBuffer(50);  
        int current = 0;  
        while((current = bis.read()) != -1){  
            baf.append((byte)current);  
        }   
        String s = new String(baf.toByteArray());
         mString = s;
    } catch (Exception e) {  
        Log.e("ANDRO_ASYNC", "exception in callWebPage",e); 
        mString = "error";
    }
}
public String getVal(){
    return mString;
}   

}

this is executed as... (showing teh end of a method in teh calling class

        asyncWebCall (url1,CONSTANT);
}
private void asyncWebCall(String url,int actionPostExecute){
    new WebCall().execute(url,String.format("%d",actionPostExecute));
}   

The Async part of the business is ... Note the case statement in onPostExecute this is the key to getting the returned value ito your program again. Note that the call new WebCall().execute(url,String.format("%d",actionPostExecute)); is the last thing done in a thread, no further statements can be executed, control returns through the onPostExecute.

class WebCall extends AsyncTask{
    int chooser = -1;
    @Override
    protected void onPreExecute() {
        super.onPreExecute();
    }
    @Override   
    protected String doInBackground(String... params) {
        try {
            chooser = Integer.parseInt(params[1]);
        } catch(NumberFormatException nfe) {
            Log.d("ANDRO_ASYNC",String.format("asyncReturn() mString numberformatexception = %s",params[1]));
            chooser = 0;
        }
        return(new RunWebScript(params[0])).getVal();           
    }
    protected void onProgressUpdate(String... progress) {       
    }
    @Override
    protected void onPostExecute(String gotFromDoInBkgnd) {
        Log.d("ANDRO_ASYNC",String.format("chooser = %s",chooser));
        switch (chooser){
        case CONSTANT:
            printStringx(gotFromDoInBkgnd);
            asyncWebCall(url2,5); 
            break;
        case 0:
            Log.d("ANDRO_ASYNC",String.format("case 0 = %s",gotFromDoInBkgnd));
            break;
        case 5:
            Log.d("ANDRO_ASYNC",String.format("case 5 = %s",gotFromDoInBkgnd));
            asyncWebCall(url3,7);

            break;

        default:
            Log.d("ANDRO_ASYNC",String.format("man we got problems = %s",gotFromDoInBkgnd));
            break;
        }
    }

} // end of class