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SQL query with listview

I am busy with an application where i am getting data from my azure database with sql and storing it in an array. I created a separate class where i get my data and my main activity connects to this class and then displays it.
Here is my getData class:
public class GetData {
Connection connect;
String ConnectionResult = "";
Boolean isSuccess = false;
public List<Map<String,String>> doInBackground() {
List<Map<String, String>> data = null;
data = new ArrayList<Map<String, String>>();
try {
ConnectionHelper conStr=new ConnectionHelper();
connect =conStr.connectionclass(); // Connect to database
if (connect == null) {
ConnectionResult = "Check Your Internet Access!";
} else {
// Change below query according to your own database.
String query = "select * from cc_rail";
Statement stmt = connect.createStatement();
ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery(query);
while (rs.next()) {
Map<String,String> datanum=new HashMap<String,String>();
datanum.put("NAME",rs.getString("RAIL_NAME"));
datanum.put("PRICE",rs.getString("RAIL_UNIT_PRICE"));
datanum.put("RANGE",rs.getString("RAIL_RANGE"));
datanum.put("SUPPLIER",rs.getString("RAIL_SUPPLIER"));
datanum.put("SIZE",rs.getString("RAIL_SIZE"));
data.add(datanum);
}
ConnectionResult = " successful";
isSuccess=true;
connect.close();
}
} catch (Exception ex) {
isSuccess = false;
ConnectionResult = ex.getMessage();
}
return data;
}
}
And in my Fragmentactivity.java I simply just call the class as shown here:
List<Map<String,String>> MyData = null;
GetValence mydata =new GetValence();
MyData= mydata.doInBackground();
String[] fromwhere = { "NAME","PRICE","RANGE","SUPPLIER","SIZE" };
int[] viewswhere = {R.id.Name_txtView , R.id.price_txtView,R.id.Range_txtView,R.id.size_txtView,R.id.supplier_txtView};
ADAhere = new SimpleAdapter(getActivity(), MyData,R.layout.list_valence, fromwhere, viewswhere);
list.setAdapter(ADAhere);
list.setOnItemClickListener(new AdapterView.OnItemClickListener() {
#Override
public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long id) {
HashMap<String,Object> obj=(HashMap<String,Object>)ADAhere.getItem(position);
String ID=(String)obj.get("A");
Toast.makeText(getActivity(), ID, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
});
My problem comes when I want to include the onPreExecute and onPostExecute because I am relatively new to android studio and I do not know where to put the following lines of code:
#Override
protected void onPreExecute() {
ProgressDialog progress;
progress = ProgressDialog.show(MainActivity.this, "Synchronising", "Listview Loading! Please Wait...", true);
}
#Override
protected void onPostExecute(String msg) {
progress.dismiss();
}

You need to get the data from your azure database using a background service or AsyncTask. However, you are defining a class GetData which does not extend AsyncTask and hence the whole operation is not asynchronous. And I saw you have implemented doInBackground method which is not applicable here as you are not extending AsyncTask. I would suggest an implementation like the following.
You want to get some data from your azure database and want to show them in your application. In these kind of situations, you need to do this using an AsyncTask to call the server api to get the data and pass the data to the calling activity using an interface. Let us have an interface like the following.
public interface HttpResponseListener {
void httpResponseReceiver(String result);
}
Now from your Activity while you want to get the data through an web service call, i.e. AsyncTask, just the pass the interface from the activity class to the AsyncTask. Remember that your AsyncTask should have an instance variable of that listener as well. So the overall implementation should look like the following.
public abstract class HttpRequestAsyncTask extends AsyncTask<Void, Void, String> {
public HttpResponseListener mHttpResponseListener;
private final Context mContext;
HttpRequestAsyncTask(Context mContext, HttpResponseListener listener) {
this.mContext = mContext;
this.mHttpResponseListener = listener;
}
#Override
protected String doInBackground(Void... params) {
String result = null;
try {
// Your implementation of getting data from your server
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
return result;
}
#Override
protected void onPostExecute(final String result) {
mHttpResponseListener.httpResponseReceiver(result);
}
#Override
protected void onCancelled() {
mHttpResponseListener.httpResponseReceiver(null);
}
}
Now you need to have the httpResponseReceiver function implemented in the calling Activity. So the sample activity should look like.
public class YourActivity extends AppCompatActivity implements HttpResponseListener {
// ... Other code and overriden functions
public void callAsyncTaskForGettingData() {
// Pass the listener here
HttpRequestAsyncTask getDataTask = new HttpRequestGetAsyncTask(
YourActivity.this, this);
getDataTask.executeOnExecutor(AsyncTask.THREAD_POOL_EXECUTOR);
}
#Override
public void httpResponseReceiver(String result) {
// Get the response callback here
// Do your changes in UI elements here.
}
}
To read more about how to use AsyncTask, you might consider having a look at here.

java.lang.ClassCastException: java.lang.Object[] cannot be cast to

I am trying to send an Object through Sockets using AsyncTask, but i'm getting this error (i just post the important part of it):
E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: AsyncTask #3
Process: com.mitorapps.beberconmemes, PID: 6418
java.lang.RuntimeException: An error occurred while executing doInBackground()
Caused by: java.lang.ClassCastException: java.lang.Object[] cannot be cast to com.mitorapps.beberconmemes.data.Persona[]
at com.mitorapps.beberconmemes.conexion.Enviar_Persona$MyATaskCliente.doInBackground(Enviar_Persona.java:47)
This is my Persona Class(The object that i want to send):
package com.mitorapps.beberconmemes.data;
import java.io.Serializable;
public class Persona implements Serializable{
private String Name_Persona;
String Mac_Address;
public Persona(String name_persona, String mac_address) {
this.Name_Persona = name_persona;
this.Mac_Address = mac_address;
}
public String getMac_Address() {
return this.Mac_Address;
}
public String getName_Persona() {
return this.Name_Persona;
}
public void setName_Persona(String name_Persona) {
this.Name_Persona = name_Persona;
}
}
This is my Client Class (named as Enviar_persona):
package com.mitorapps.beberconmemes.conexion;
public class Enviar_Persona extends Cliente{
private AsyncTask myATaskYW;
public Enviar_Persona(Context context){
super(context);//the client class forces to receive a context
SERVERPORT=5000;
}
#Override
public void enviar_persona(Persona p){//Method Called from view
this.myATaskYW = new MyATaskCliente();
this.myATaskYW.execute(p);
}
public void update_view(String s){//To update the State of an element on UI
TextView resp = (TextView) ((Activity)c).findViewById(R.id.resp);
resp.setText(s);
}
//AsyncTask class
class MyATaskCliente extends AsyncTask<Persona, Void, String> {
ProgressDialog progressDialog;
#Override
protected void onPreExecute() {
super.onPreExecute();
System.out.println("OnPreExecute");
progressDialog = new ProgressDialog(c);
progressDialog.setCanceledOnTouchOutside(false);
progressDialog.setTitle("Connecting to server");
progressDialog.setMessage("Please wait...");
progressDialog.show();
}
#Override
protected String doInBackground(Persona... persona) {
try {
//here i'm using an static ip
Socket socket = new Socket("192.168.1.7", SERVERPORT);
//Object Send to server
ObjectOutputStream output = new ObjectOutputStream(socket.getOutputStream());
output.writeObject(persona[0]);
//Response recivied from server
InputStream stream = socket.getInputStream();
byte[] len=new byte[256];
stream.read(len,0,256);
String received = new String(len,"UTF-8");
socket.close();
return received;
} catch (UnknownHostException ex) {
return ex.getMessage();
} catch (IOException ex) {
return ex.getMessage();
}
}
#Override
protected void onPostExecute(String value) {
progressDialog.dismiss();
update_view(value);
}
}
}
I did it using the AsyncTask On the main activity and it works perfectly, but now that I need group my code in different classes i got the error

Instead of using
AsyncTask myATaskYW;
use
MyATaskCliente myATaskYW;
because AsyncTask is generic so the signature is replaced with Object[] array but you need to work with the specific implementation.
Note : Person[] is not a child of Object[]

Android AsyncTask json return value

I have called an async task from my button click.In the doInBackground I have called an API and It is returning me a Json object.I want to pass the Json object to another activity on the button click.How can I can get the return Json object value so that I can send it to other activity.
Thanks.

Create Interface
public interface Listener {
void success(BaseModel baseModel);
void fail(String message);
}
Create Base model class
public class BaseModel implements Serializable {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
}
Call below method inside your onClick mehtod.
protected void userLoginData(final String userName) {
// if you want to pass multiple data to server like string or json you can pass in this constructor
UserLoginLoader userLoginLoader = new UserLoginLoader(LoginActivity.this, userName, "1234567899", new Listener() {
#Override
public void success(BaseModel baseModel) {
// here you got response in object you can use in your activity
UserLoginModel userLoginModel = (UserLoginModel) baseModel;
// you can get data from user login model
}catch(Exception exception){
exception.printStackTrace();
Utils.showAlertDialog(LoginActivity.this, "Server is not responding! Try Later.");
}
}
#Override
public void fail(String message) {
}
});
userLoginLoader.execute();
}
:- User Login Loader class
public class UserLoginLoader extends AsyncTask<String, Void, Boolean> {
private Dialog dialog;
private Listener listner;
private String deviceId;
Activity activity;
String message;
String userName;
boolean checkLoginStatus;
public UserLoginLoader(Activity activity,String userName, String deviceId, Listener listener) {
this.listner = listener;
this.userName =userName;
this.activity = activity;
this.deviceId = deviceId;
}
#Override
protected Boolean doInBackground(String... arg0) {
//User login web service is only for making connection to your API return data into message string
message = new UserLoginWebService().getUserId(userName, deviceId);
if (message != "null" && !message.equals("false")) {
return true;
}
return false;
}
#Override
protected void onPreExecute() {
super.onPreExecute();
dialog = new Dialog(activity, R.style.CustomDialogTheme);
dialog.setContentView(R.layout.progress);
dialog.setCancelable(false);
dialog.show();
}
#Override
protected void onPostExecute(Boolean result) {
super.onPostExecute(result);
BaseModel baseModel = null;
if (!message.equals("null") && (!message.equals("false")) )
baseModel = parseData(message, result);
if (dialog.isShowing()) {
dialog.dismiss();
dialog.cancel();
dialog = null;
}
if (listner != null) {
if (result && baseModel != null)
listner.success(baseModel);
else
listner.fail("Server not responding! Try agian.");
} else
listner.fail("Server not responding! Try agian.");
}
//call parser for parsing data return data from the parser
private BaseModel parseData(String responseData, Boolean success) {
if (success == true && responseData != null
&& responseData.length() != 0) {
UserLoginParser loginParser = new UserLoginParser(responseData);
loginParser.parse();
return loginParser.getResult();
}
return null;
}
}
This is you Login parser class
public class UserLoginParser {
JSONObject jsonObject;
UserLoginModel userLoginModel;
/*stored data into json object*/
public UserLoginParser(String data) {
try {
jsonObject = new JSONObject(data);
} catch (JSONException e) {
Log.d("TAG MSG", e.getMessage());
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
public void parse() {
userLoginModel = new UserLoginModel();
try {
if (jsonObject != null) {
userLoginModel.setUser_name(jsonObject.getString("user_name")== null ? "": jsonObject.getString("user_name"));
userLoginModel.setUser_id(jsonObject.getString("user_id") == null ? "" : jsonObject.getString("user_id"));
userLoginModel.setFlag_type(jsonObject.getString("flag_type") == null ? "" : jsonObject.getString("flag_type"));
} else {
return;
}
} catch (Exception exception) {
exception.printStackTrace();
}
}
/*return ship name list which is stored into model */
public UserLoginModel getResult() {
return userLoginModel;
}
}

Write a callback method in the Activity that takes in the argument that you wish to pass from AsyncTask to that Activity. Send reference to the Activity to AysncTask while creating it. From doInBackground() method make a call to this callback method with the data your API returns.
Code would be something like -
public class TestAsyncTask extends AsyncTask<Integer, Integer, String[]> {
Activity myActivity;
public TestAsyncTask(Activity activity) {
this.myActivity = activity;
}
#Override
protected String[] doInBackground(Integer... params) {
String data = yourApi();
myActivity.callback(data);
}
}
public class MyActivity extends Activity {
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
new TestAsyncTask(this).execute(someId);
}
public void callback(String data) {
//process data
}
}
Just for the record you can directly get return value from doInBackground() method by calling get() on it.
String data = new TestAsyncTask(this).execute(someId).get();
But note this may block your UI thread as it will wait for the doInBackground() method to complete it's execution.

Android program stops at doInBackground and doesn't come to onPostExecute

My program crashs after doInBackground and doesn't come to onPostExecute.
My activity code's related parts are like this:
public static class News {
private String title;
private String content;
private Bitmap image;
public News(String nTitle, String nContent, Bitmap nImage){
title = nTitle;
content = nContent;
image = nImage;
}
}
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_news);
final AsyncTask task = new DatabaseConnection(this, Method.GET_ALL_NEWS).execute();
try {
task.wait();
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
public final void fillListView(List<News> news){
recentNews = news;
if(recentNews != null && !recentNews.isEmpty()){
((ListView)findViewById(R.id.lvNews)).setOnItemClickListener(this);
final int size = recentNews.size();
final String newsTitles[] = new String[size];
for(int i=0; i<size; ++i)
newsTitles[i] = recentNews.get(i).title;
((ListView)findViewById(R.id.lvNews)).setAdapter(new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, newsTitles));
}
}
#Override
public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long id) {
final News selectedNews = recentNews.get(position);
startActivity(new Intent(this, ANewsActivity.class)
.putExtra("title", selectedNews.title)
.putExtra("content", selectedNews.content)
.putExtra("image", BitmapFactory.decodeResource(getResources(), R.drawable.ic_launcher)));
}
My AsyncTask code's related parts are like this:
public DatabaseConnection(Context nContext, Method nMethod){
method = nMethod;
context = nContext;
}
#Override
protected void onPreExecute() {
progressDialog = new ProgressDialog(context);
progressDialog.setMessage(context.getString(R.string.database_connection_wait_message));
progressDialog.setTitle(R.string.database_connection_wait_title);
progressDialog.show();
}
#SuppressWarnings("incomplete-switch")
#Override
protected Void doInBackground(String... params) {
if(method != Method.NONE){
open();
try{
switch(method){
case GET_ALL_NEWS:
final ResultSet rs = conn.createStatement().executeQuery("select baslik, metin, resim from haberler");
news = new ArrayList<News>();
while(rs.next())
news.add(new News(rs.getString(1), rs.getString(2), BitmapFactory.decodeStream(rs.getBlob(3).getBinaryStream())));
break;
}
} catch (SQLException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} finally {
close();
}
}
return null;
}
#SuppressWarnings("incomplete-switch")
#Override
protected void onPostExecute(Void temp) {
if (progressDialog.isShowing()){
progressDialog.dismiss();
switch(method){
case GET_ALL_NEWS:
((NewsActivity)context).fillListView(news);
break;
}
method = Method.NONE;
}
}
I want UI thread waits until database operations finishes.
By the way there is no initialization problem at variables etc and database returns proper infos and my "news" variable is filled normally.
By the way again I realized it is WORKING on PHONE, STUCKS on EMULATOR interestingly (if I remove wait() method and its try-catch block on main thread code).

It's difficult to say what is crashing without the logcat output, but it would most likely be the main thread of the app because of the .wait() method you are calling in onCreate(). Your onCreate() cannot wait - it must initialize and exit, otherwise you are blocking the main thread of your app and defeating the purpose of the AsyncTask.

Android - How to get calling Activity?

An Activity (SignInActivity) is calling a method in FunkcjeAPI which execute an AsyncTask.
My AsyncTask should show a ProgressDialog using an calling Activity. I don't know how to give it an correct Activity to the constructor. I tried a lot of thing, read a lot of tutorials and questions on SO, but I can't find solution. FunkcjeAPI isn't an Activity so I can't write new Logowanie(this).execute(argumenty);
AsyncTask calling code :
public class FunkcjeAPI {
static String dozwrotu = null;
public static String zalogujSie(final String nick, final String haslo)
{
String[] argumenty = {nick, haslo};
new Logowanie(/* WHAT HERE ? */).execute(argumenty); // HELP ME IN THAT LINE !!!!!!!!!!!!!
return dozwrotu;
}
My AsyncTask class code (it is in FunkcjeAPI class):
private class Logowanie extends AsyncTask<String, Void, String>
{
Activity wywolujaceActivity;
public Logowanie(Activity wywolujaceActivity) {
this.wywolujaceActivity = wywolujaceActivity;
}
#SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
#Override
protected void onPreExecute() {
wywolujaceActivity.showDialog(SignInActivit.PLEASE_WAIT_DIALOG);
}
#Override
protected String doInBackground(final String... argi) {
final JSONParser jParser = new JSONParser();
new Thread(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
final String json = jParser.getJSONFromUrl("http://tymonradzik.pl/THUNDER_HUNTER/thapi.php?q=login&username=" + argi[0] + "&password=" + argi[1] + "&imei=");
Handler mainHandler = new Handler(Looper.getMainLooper());
mainHandler.post(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
JSONObject jObject;
try {
jObject = new JSONObject(json);
Log.wtf("Link", "http://tymonradzik.pl/THUNDER_HUNTER/thapi.php?q=login&username=" + argi[0] + "&password=" + argi[1] + "&imei=");
Log.wtf("Link", json);
String error = jObject.getString("error");
if(error == "You reached daily query limit !") { nadajWartosc("You reached daily query limit !"); }
if(error == "0") {nadajWartosc(jObject.getString("token"));}
if(error == "1") {nadajWartosc("1");}
if(error == "Invalid username") {nadajWartosc("Invalid username");}
if(error == "Invalid password") {nadajWartosc("Invalid password");}
if(error == "This user is already logged in !") {nadajWartosc("This user is already logged in !");}
} catch (JSONException e1) {
e1.printStackTrace();
}
catch (NullPointerException e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
});
}}).start();
return dozwrotu;
}
#Override
protected void onPostExecute(String result) {
wywolujaceActivity.removeDialog(SignInActivit.PLEASE_WAIT_DIALOG);
}
}

Add one more parameter to zalogujSie() method that takes an Activity, and then use this parameter to start the AsyncTask:
public static String zalogujSie(Activity activity, final String nick, final String haslo)
{
// .....
new Logowanie(activity).execute(argumenty);
return dozwrotu;
}
Then you would call this method from the activity like this:
FunkcjeAPI.zalogujSie(this, "Nick", "Haslo");