Name the Thread of an AsyncTask

Question

Is it possible to give a name to an AsyncTask\'s background thread, as for normal Threads in Java:

Thread(Runnable target, String name) 

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Answer 1

Try calling this from inside doInBackground():

Thread.currentThread().setName("some custom name");

Answer 2

Why can't you extend the AsyncTask I dont understand.

I extend my AsyncTask thousand times with debugger shows me which AsyncTask is bitching.

public class MyAsyncTask extends AsyncTask<Void, Void, Void>{
}

like so