Android Background Processing

Sep 23 2022 · Kotlin 1.6, Android 12, Android Studio Chipmunk 2021.2.1

Part 4: Implement Legacy Background Processing

24. Implement an AsyncTask

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Notes: 24. Implement an AsyncTask

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Even though the AlarmManager is the first API that came in Android, for scheduling work in some way, you’ll cover the AsyncTask first.

class DownloadImageTask(private val onImageLoaded: (Bitmap) -> Unit) : AsyncTask<String, String, Bitmap>() {

}
class DownloadImageTask(private val onImageLoaded: (Bitmap) -> Unit) : AsyncTask<String, String, Bitmap>() {

  override fun doInBackground(vararg params: String?): Bitmap {
    val imagePath = params[0] ?: throw IllegalArgumentException("No url provided!")
    val imageUrl = URL(imagePath)
    val connection = imageUrl.openConnection() as HttpURLConnection
  }
}
class DownloadImageTask(private val onImageLoaded: (Bitmap) -> Unit) : AsyncTask<String, String, Bitmap>() {

  override fun doInBackground(vararg params: String?): Bitmap {
    val imagePath = params[0] ?: throw IllegalArgumentException("No url provided!")
    val imageUrl = URL(imagePath)
    val connection = imageUrl.openConnection() as HttpURLConnection

    connection.doInput = true
    connection.connect()

    val inputStream = connection.inputStream
    try {
      return BitmapFactory.decodeStream(inputStream)
    } catch (error: Throwable) {
      error.printStackTrace()
    }

    throw IllegalArgumentException("No image")
  }
}
...
  override fun onPostExecute(result: Bitmap?) {
    super.onPostExecute(result)

    if (result != null) {
      onImageLoaded(result)
    }
  }
...
val imagePath = "https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2017/11/30/11/57/barn-owl-2988291_960_720.jpg"
val task = DownloadImageTask { bitmap ->
  image.setImageBitmap(bitmap)
}

task.execute(imagePath)