show progress dialog while loading data

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I want to show a progress dialog while loading some data from remote server :

I'm using the following thread in order to get the data and it's working, but i'm not able to show the progress bar on the activity:

public class Request {

    public String text ;
    public boolean downloadText(String urlStr) {
        final String url = urlStr;
        new Thread () {
            public void run() {
                int BUFFER_SIZE = 2000;
                InputStream in = null;
                Message msg = Message.obtain();
                msg.what=2;
                try {
                    in = openHttpConnection(url);

                    InputStreamReader isr = new InputStreamReader(in);
                    int charRead;
                      text = "";
                      char[] inputBuffer = new char[BUFFER_SIZE];

                          while ((charRead = isr.read(inputBuffer))>0)
                          {                    
                              //---convert the chars to a String---
                              String readString = 
                                  String.copyValueOf(inputBuffer, 0, charRead);                    
                              text += readString;
                              inputBuffer = new char[BUFFER_SIZE];
                          }
                         Bundle b = new Bundle();
                            b.putString("text", text);
                            msg.setData(b);
                          in.close();

                }catch (IOException e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }


            }
        }.start();

    }

would you please tell me how can i do it !!

First of all where is your code for ProgressDialog ? I didnt find it in the above code. And if you are asking to implement in the above class, check my answer. — Chintan Soni
– Chintan Soni, Commented Apr 29, 2013 at 10:39

Chintan Soni · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-29 10:28:24Z

3

create the class as below and just call the object of this class.

class MyTask extends AsyncTask<Void, Void, Void> {

        ProgressDialog Asycdialog = new ProgressDialog(ActivityName.this);

        @Override
        protected void onPreExecute() {

            super.onPreExecute();
            Asycdialog.setMessage("Loading...");
            Asycdialog.show();
        }

        @Override
        protected Void doInBackground(Void... arg0) {

            // do the task you want to do. This will be executed in background.
            return null;
        }

        @Override
        protected void onPostExecute(Void result) {

            super.onPostExecute(result);
            Asycdialog.dismiss();
        }
    }

answered Apr 29, 2013 at 10:28

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Linga · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-29 10:12:12Z

2

Use progressDialog

final ProgressDialog progress=ProgressDialog.show(youractivity.this,"","message");
 new Thread()
  {
   public void run()
   {
     try{
      youractivity.this.runOnUiThread(new Runnable(){
      @Override
      public void run() {
       // TODO Auto-generated method stub
               // your code
      }
      });
     }
     catch(Exception e)
     {
     }
     progress.dismiss();
   }
}.start()

Also, note that if you want to use Toast, you should use runOnUiThread

edited Apr 29, 2013 at 10:12

answered Apr 29, 2013 at 10:05

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Blackbelt · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-29 10:17:53Z

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If you do not want to change the structure of your code, you can use runOnUiThread or an Handler to show and dissmiss the progress dialog. Show it when the firs line of the run method is excuted and dismiss it in the finally block.

 public void run() {

    runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {

      public void run(){
         // show progress dialog
      }  

      });  

  /// your code here
  try {




  } catch (IOException e) {
  } finally {
          runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {

      public void run(){
         // dismiss progress dialog
      }  

      });  
  } 


 }

edited Apr 29, 2013 at 10:17

answered Apr 29, 2013 at 10:07

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No_Rulz · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-29 10:05:02Z

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Create Progress Dialog in AsyncTask

private class YourAsyncTask extends AsyncTask<Void, Void, Void> {
     protected Void doInBackground(Void... args) {
        // do background work here
        return null;
     }

     protected void onPostExecute(Void result) {
         // do UI work here
     }
 }

answered Apr 29, 2013 at 10:05

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QuokMoon · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-29 10:12:58Z

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    pDialog = ProgressDialog.show(context, null, "Loading...", true);
    pDialog.setCancelable(false);

    new Thread() {
        public void run() {

            // handle the exception somehow, or do nothing

            // run code on the UI thread

            runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {

                @Override
                public void run() {

                    try {


                                 // do yor ui part here
                         } catch (Exception e) {

                        e.printStackTrace();
                    }

                }
            });
        }
    }.start();

answered Apr 29, 2013 at 10:12

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