“Rotating wheel” progress dialog while deleting folder from SD card

Question

I want to display simple progress dialog with rotating wheel, while deleting folder from SD card. I have a following piece of code:

  ProgressDialog dialog =         


        

Answer 1

private void deleteCache() {
  ProgressDialog dialog = ProgressDialog.show(this, "",
    "Please wait for few seconds...", true);

  Runnable myRun = new Runnable() {
    public void run() {
      File f = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory()
        .getAbsoluteFile() + Constants.DATA_DIR);
      deleteDirectory(f);

      runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
        @Override
        public void run() {
          dialog.dismiss();
        }
      });
    }
  }
}

private void deleteDirectory(File path) {
  if (path.exists()) {
    File[] files = path.listFiles();
    for (int i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
      if (files[i].isDirectory()) {
        deleteDirectory(files[i]);
      } else {
        files[i].delete();
      }
    }
  }

  return (path.delete());
}

Answer 2

Modify your code like this,

 ProgressDialog dialog = ProgressDialog.show(this, "",
        "Please wait for few seconds...", true);
        new Thread(new Runnable() {
        public void run() {
              File f = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory()
        .getAbsoluteFile() + Constants.DATA_DIR);
deleteDirectory(f);
   private void deleteDirectory(File path) {
    if (path.exists()) {
        File[] files = path.listFiles();
        for (int i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
            if (files[i].isDirectory()) {
                deleteDirectory(files[i]);
            } else {
                files[i].delete();
            }
        }
    }
    return (path.delete());
}


            handler.sendEmptyMessage(0);

        }
    }).start();

    handler = new Handler() {
        @Override
        public void handleMessage(Message msg) {

            try {



                progressDialog.dismiss();
            } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }
    };

I am not sure why this happens. Since your code does everything in a single thread, progressdialog will not show up quickly. So instead trying to handle other things in a separate thread handles this problem.

Answer 3

This answer is also all over StakcOverflow. Use AsyncTask which will run on a different thread and has three stages... One pre which you will load the wheel in and the post which you will dismiss it when done... And then the background which is the actual work.