How to check if Async Task is already running

Question

I have an app that needs to do an intensive database operation on start up. The app holds a local copy of the contacts on the phone and synchronizes with the android contact

Answer 1

I've managed to handle this problem with some sort of Singleton pattern. Hope it helps.

// fill the places database from a JSON object
public class myAsyncTask extends AsyncTask {

    Activity mContext = null;
    static AsyncTask myAsyncTaskInstance = null; 

    // Private Constructor: can't be called from outside this class
    private myAsyncTask(Activity iContext) {
        mContext = iContext; 
    }

    public static AsyncTask getInstance(Activity iContext) {
        // if the current async task is already running, return null: no new async task 
        // shall be created if an instance is already running
        if (myAsyncTaskInstance != null && myAsyncTaskInstance.getStatus() == Status.RUNNING) {
            // it can be running but cancelled, in that case, return a new instance
            if (myAsyncTaskInstance.isCancelled()) {
                myAsyncTaskInstance = new myAsyncTask(iContext);
            } else {
                // display a toast to say "try later"
                Toast.makeText(iContext, "A task is already running, try later", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();    

                return null;
            }
        }

        //if the current async task is pending, it can be executed return this instance
        if (myAsyncTaskInstance != null && myAsyncTaskInstance.getStatus() == Status.PENDING) {
            return myAsyncTaskInstance;
        }

        //if the current async task is finished, it can't be executed another time, so return a new instance
        if (myAsyncTaskInstance != null && myAsyncTaskInstance.getStatus() == Status.FINISHED) {
            myAsyncTaskInstance = new myAsyncTask(iContext);
        }


        // if the current async task is null, create a new instance
        if (myAsyncTaskInstance == null) {
            myAsyncTaskInstance = new myAsyncTask(iContext);
        }
        // return the current instance
        return myAsyncTaskInstance;
    }

    @Override
    protected Integer doInBackground(Void... iUnUsed) {
        // ...
    }
}