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ProgressBar Spinner for Async Task doesn't work

My problem is that when i click button "Click" to call my API it should show my progressBar(spinner) while I'm calling API. Instead my application freeze for less than a second and then when it's done calling it shows my loading spinner for a brief time (it just flash)
Here is my code
private ProgressBar spinner;
public View onCreateView(...)
{
spinner = (ProgressBar) view.findViewById(R.id.progressBar1);
spinner.setVisibility(View.GONE);
...
}
private class MyTask extends AsyncTask<String, Void, Void> {
String pageContent = "";
DataOutputStream wr;
#Override
protected void onPreExecute() {
spinner.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
}
#Override
public Void doInBackground(String... params) {
requestResult.setSuccess(false);
HttpURLConnection connection;
try {
String url = "myURL";
//I only call my Api here. I delete rest so this won't bother you
requestResult.setSuccess(true);
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
return null;
}
#Override
protected void onPostExecute(Void result) {
JsonParser parser = new JsonParser();
//Same here i delete nonimportant
MyResponse = new Gson().fromJson(jsonContent, MyResponse.class);
done();
spinner.setVisibility(View.GONE);
}
}
I've tried hounder different things it always freeze for a second and then my loading spinner flash and my content from API is shown.
Can you help me with that one, please?
My xml file
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ScrollView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/scroll_view_send"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<RelativeLayout
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:minWidth="25px"
android:minHeight="25px">
<ProgressBar
android:id="#+id/progressBar1"
style="?android:attr/progressBarStyleLarge"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_below="#id/buttonSend"
android:visibility="gone"/>
</RelativeLayout>
</ScrollView>

Try the below snippet. It does not require spinner to be declared in layout file.
AsyncTask<String, String, String> asyncObject =
new AsyncTask<String, String, String>() {
ProgressDialog progDailog;
#Override
protected void onPreExecute() {
super.onPreExecute();
progDailog =
new ProgressDialog(Activity.this);
progDailog.setMessage("Loading");
progDailog.setCancelable(false);
progDailog.show();
}
#Override
protected String doInBackground(String... urls) {
//Do background stuff here
return null;
}
#Override
protected void onPostExecute(String result) {
progDailog.cancel();
//Do post background stuff here.
}
};
asyncObject.execute(null, null, null);

Please try this working sample, pass the spinner to your MyTask like this:
private class MyTask extends AsyncTask<String, Void, Void> {
String pageContent = "";
DataOutputStream wr;
private final ProgressBar progress;
public MyTask(final ProgressBar progress) {
this.progress = progress;
}
#Override
protected void onPreExecute() {
progress.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
}
...
#Override
protected void onPostExecute(Void result) {
JsonParser parser = new JsonParser();
//Same here i delete nonimportant
MyResponse = new Gson().fromJson(jsonContent, MyResponse.class);
done();
progress.setVisibility(View.GONE);
}
}
Then call new MyTask(progress).execute();
EDIT: In your question you refer that your phone is freezing while calling the MyTask...
Please check this step to avoid freezing your UI in AsyncTask:
Do not call MyTask using new MyTask().get()
Try moving to doInBackground this part MyResponse = new Gson().fromJson(jsonContent, MyResponse.class); done(); this could be expensive.
Hope its helps!!

Why ProgressBar not gone?

This is my xml file:
<ProgressBar
android:id="#+id/progress_index"
style="#android:style/Widget.ProgressBar.Inverse"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:visibility="gone"/>
<ListView
android:id="#+id/listview_index"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:scrollbarStyle="outsideInset">
</ListView>
I try to mProgress.setVisibility(View.GONE) after mListView.setAdapter() ,but when I check the "Show layout bounds" in the "Developer options".The layout not actually gone.As the picture shows,the ProgressBar is still in the center of the FrameLayout.Why?
Java code:
public void onViewCreated(View view, Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onViewCreated(view, savedInstanceState);
mProgress = (ProgressBar) view.findViewById(R.id.progress_index);
mProgress.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
mAdapter = new CustomAdapter(getActivity());
new MyTask().execute();
lv.setAdapter(mAdapter);
}
public class MyTask extends AsyncTask<Integer, Void, ArrayList<NewsItem>> {
protected ArrayList<NewsItem> doInBackground(Integer... params) {
// some execution....
}
protected void onPostExecute(ArrayList<NewsItem> result) {
mAdapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
mProgress.setVisibility(View.GONE);
mListView.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
}
}

can you try this:
ProgressDialog mProgress = new ProgressDialog(activity.this);
...........
mProgress.dismiss();

Android. ProgressBar doesn't work?

I loading some data from a database and I'd like to display a circle animation during this, because it's take time. The circle appears but only after loadContent() which load data.
The code:
final String PREFS_NAME = "MyPrefsFile";
SharedPreferences settings = getSharedPreferences(PREFS_NAME, 0);
ProgressBar p = (ProgressBar) findViewById(R.id.imgProgress);
p.setEnabled(true);
if (settings.getBoolean("my_first_time", true)) {
// the app is being launched for first time, do something
Log.d("Launched:", "first time");
loadContent();
// record the fact that the app has been started at least once
settings.edit().putBoolean("my_first_time", false).commit();
}
p.setEnabled(false);
In XML:
<ProgressBar
android:id="#+id/imgProgress"
style="?android:attr/progressBarStyleLarge"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerInParent="true"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

Why not just do this ?
public class SomeTask extends AsyncTask<Void, String, Void>{
ProgressDialog dialogue;
#Override
protected void onPostExecute(Void result) {
super.onPostExecute(result);
dialogue.dismiss();
//If Using some adapter; someadapteradapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
}
#Override
protected void onPreExecute() {
dialogue = new ProgressDialog(ProgressBar.this);
dialogue.setTitle("Loading items..");
dialogue.show();
super.onPreExecute();
}
#Override
protected Void doInBackground(Void... params) {
//Your task!!
return null;
}
}
What can be more simple than this..:)

I don't know what is loadContent method but I'd suggest you to do an AsyncTask (if it's not the case). You will be able to show/hide your ProgressBar as follows:
// loadContent method
public class loadContent extends AsyncTask<String, Void, String> {
#Override
protected void onPreExecute() {
// set your progress bar to visible
((ProgressBar) findViewById(R.id.imgProgress)).setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
}
#Override
protected String doInBackground(String... params) {
// do some stuff: load datas from sql, load images.. whatever
// and return a string value for onPostExecute (string = "Loaded"
return string;
}
#Override
protected void onPostExecute(String result) {
if(result.equals("Loaded") {
// the loading is finish, display your datas
// set your progress bar to gone
((ProgressBar) findViewById(R.id.imgProgress)).setVisibility(View.GONE);
}
}
}
Here and here, you will see a good example of an AsyncTask method. Then, you just have to add the visibility attribute to your view as:
<ProgressBar
android:id="#+id/imgProgress"
style="?android:attr/progressBarStyleLarge"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerInParent="true"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:indeterminate="true"
android:visibility="gone" />
Hope this helps.

Lazy loading imageView on listView

I've been having problems with this for quite some time now. I'm getting there little by little but I don't have much time to spend programming :(
So I'm having to load image from URLs for showing on a list view, and i'm almost there. They are lazy loading and the cache system i'm using works good.
The problem is that the downloaded images are in the wrong place when I start scrolling and I can't figure out where i'm going wrong.
The code is inspired from these two links:
This one for the layout idea.
http://blog.blundell-apps.com/imageview-with-loading-spinner/
and this one for the cache system.
http://android-developers.blogspot.fr/2010/07/multithreading-for-performance.html
So here's my code:
public class LoaderImageView extends LinearLayout
{
private static final String TAG = "LoderImageView";
private Context mContext;
private ImageView mImage;
private ProgressBar mSpinner;
/* The HashMap that contains the references to the different
* downloads currently running.
*/
public static HashMap<LoaderImageView, BitmapDownloaderTask> tasks =
new LinkedHashMap<LoaderImageView, BitmapDownloaderTask>();
public LoaderImageView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs)
{
super(context, attrs);
mContext = context;
mImage = new ImageView(mContext);
mImage.setLayoutParams(new LayoutParams(LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT,
LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT));
mSpinner = new ProgressBar(mContext);
mSpinner.setLayoutParams(new LayoutParams(LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT,
LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT));
mSpinner.setIndeterminate(true);
addView(mSpinner);
addView(mImage);
Log.w(TAG, "Loading an imageView");
}
public void downloadImage(String url)
{
resetPurgeTimer();
//Log.w(TAG, "Loading: " + url);
if(url.equals(""))
{
mImage.setImageDrawable(mContext.getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.male));
}
else
{
Bitmap bitmap = getBitmapFromCache(url);
if(bitmap == null)
{
/* The bitmap is not in the cache. */
cancelPotentialDownload(this);
/* Start the new download. */
BitmapDownloaderTask bdt = new BitmapDownloaderTask(this, url);
bdt.execute();
}
else
{
/*The bitmap is in the cache. */
mImage.setImageBitmap(bitmap);
mSpinner.setVisibility(View.GONE);
}
}
}
class BitmapDownloaderTask extends AsyncTask<Void, Void, Bitmap>
{
private String mUrl;
private LoaderImageView mLiv;
public BitmapDownloaderTask(LoaderImageView liv, String url)
{
mLiv = liv;
mUrl = url;
}
#Override
protected void onPreExecute()
{
LoaderImageView.tasks.put(mLiv, this);
mSpinner.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
mImage.setVisibility(View.GONE);
Log.w(TAG, "Starting an AsyncTask");
}
#Override
protected Bitmap doInBackground(Void... voids)
{
URL url = null;
try
{
url = new URL(mUrl);
}
catch (MalformedURLException e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
}
return BitmapTools.fetchBitmap(url);
}
#Override
protected void onPostExecute(Bitmap bitmap)
{
BitmapDownloaderTask b = tasks.get(mLiv);
if(b == this)
{
LoaderImageView.tasks.remove(this);
mImage.setImageBitmap(bitmap);
}
if (isCancelled())
{
bitmap = null;
}
addBitmapToCache(mUrl, bitmap);
tasks.remove(mLiv);
mSpinner.setVisibility(View.GONE);
mImage.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
}
}
/* More methods related too the cache... */
Here the xml layout:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="60dp"
android:background="#drawable/list_item_selector" >
<com.myproject.liste.LoaderImageView
android:id="#+id/visites_image"
android:layout_width="50dp"
android:layout_height="50dp"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_centerVertical="true" />
</RelativeLayout>
I'm creating the list with a BaseAdapter and ListActivity.
Also i'm loading the list by pages of data: I load 10 items, when the user scrolls down I load 10 more, and call notifyDataSetChange();

Android Show and hide views in AsyncTask

Hi I have a AysncTask that i'm wanting to inflate a loading view whilst that runs when it's finished hide it. does anyone know how to do this? at moment its not showing the loading view.
this is what i have tried
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
loadingView = LayoutInflater.from(getBaseContext()).inflate(R.layout.loadingcell,
null);
//Check Preferences which sets UI
checkPreferences();
PostTask posttask;
posttask = new PostTask();
posttask.execute();
}
#Override
protected Boolean doInBackground(Void... params) {
boolean result = false;
loadFixtures();
publishProgress("progress");
loadResultsFeed();
publishProgress("progress");
loadNewsFeed();
publishProgress("progress");
return result;
}
protected void onProgressUpdate(String... progress) {
StringBuilder str = new StringBuilder();
for (int i = 1; i < progress.length; i++) {
str.append(progress[i] + " ");
}
}
#Override
protected void onPostExecute(Boolean result) {
super.onPostExecute(result);
Log.v("BGThread", "begin fillin data");
FillData();
loadingView.setVisibility(View.GONE);
}
}
loadingcell.xml
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:background="#color/white"
android:id="#+id/loadingcell">
<include
layout="#layout/header" />
<ProgressBar
android:id="#+id/progressBar1"
style="?android:attr/progressBarStyleSmall"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:layout_marginRight="87dp" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView1"
android:layout_width="115dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:layout_toLeftOf="#+id/progressBar1"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="Loading..."
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge"
android:textColor="#color/blue" />
</RelativeLayout>

You are not using an AsyncTask in you code. Use something like this:
private class doSomething extends AsyncTask<Void, Void, Void> {
#Override
protected void onPreExecute() {
//Inflate you view or do anything here before loading stuff
}
protected Void doInBackground(Void... urls) {
//loading stuff
}
protected void onProgressUpdate(String... progress) {
//change your UI - like a progressbar
}
#Override
protected void onPostExecute(String unused) {
//Hide the progressbar
}

You need to have a content for the Activity - which you can set using setContentView