Activity with ProgressBar -> Service -> AsyncTask for downloading - but how to update the progress?

Question

this is the current state/situation: I have an Activity which binds a Service which creates AsyncTasks which downloads various web resources. That works well, but of course the

Answer 1

You can show progress just as easily via a Toast, which obviates all of the UI concerns:

public class foo extends Service {
private Toast toast;

@SuppressLint("ShowToast")
@Override
public int onStartCommand(Intent intent, int flags, int startId) {
    super.onStartCommand(intent, flags, startId);
    ctxt = getApplicationContext();
    toast = Toast.makeText(ctxt, "", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT);
    ...
}

public void functionCalledByYourAsyncWithUpdates(String progress){
    toast.setText (progress);
    toast.show;
}
}