How to get XML using AsyncTask and Timer?

Question

In order to get XML data from a server repeatedly, I\'m attempting to use AsyncTask and Timer as per Mark Murphy\'s suggestion.

I get the following error:

Answer 1

The problem is in the use of TimerTask. TimerTask run should post to a handler, something like this:

private Handler mHandler = new Handler(); 

public class MyTimerTask extends TimerTask {
    public void run() {
        mHandler.post(
            new Runnable() { 
                public void run() { 
                    new MyAsyncTask().execute("");
                } 
            };     
        )
    }
}

Of course this is getting a bit ugly, so would recommend taking out the anonymous class.