Develop Reference

How to execute success method in Firebase?

I'm developing an Android+Firebase app but since I'm new to both techlogies I'm having a problem regarding async calls and I haven't found the solution yet so hope you can help me.
I have the following snippet in my Activity's onCreate method:
final ArrayList<AssetLocation> assetsLocations = new ArrayList<>();
DatabaseReference assetsLocationReference = database.getReference(FirebaseReferences.ASSETSLOCATION_REFERENCE);
assetsLocationReference.addValueEventListener(new ValueEventListener() {
#Override
public void onDataChange(DataSnapshot snapshot) {
ArrayList<String> assetsLocationSpinner = new ArrayList<String>();
// Create an ArrayAdapter using the string array and a default spinner layout
for (DataSnapshot postSnapshot : snapshot.getChildren()) {
//Getting the data from snapshot
AssetLocation assetsLocation = postSnapshot.getValue(AssetLocation.class);
assetsLocations.add(AssetLocation);
}
}
#Override
public void onCancelled(DatabaseError firebaseError) {
System.out.println("The read failed: " + firebaseError.getMessage());
}
});
I also have a pretty similar call but instead of getting Locations, I'm getting Types.
After this code (inside the onCreate method as well), I'm calling setScreenInfo which is a function to fill both spinners (and do more stuff) with said data but since it is an async call, the spinners are blank when I execute it.
How can I execute setScreenInfo once the calls are made? I tried with .once()/.on() but it's not being recognised by Android Studio as a function.
Thanks for your help!

After this code (inside the onCreate method as well), I'm calling setScreenInfo which is a function to fill both spinners (and do more stuff) with said data but since it is an async call, the spinners are blank when I execute it.
You aren't allowed to modify the UI from a background thread. Normally I would make a call to runOnUIThread, passing a new Runnable() and a final copy of the data I want to pass.
final String myData = "updateData";
ActivityName.this.runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
// use myData to update UI
}
});
However, it seems like there's a migration to AsyncTask : Converting runOnUiThread to AsyncTask
I personally still use runOnUIThread. It's more explicit.

Because of the asynchronously behaviour, you need to move the declaration of the assetsLocations ArrayList:
final ArrayList<AssetLocation> assetsLocations = new ArrayList<>();
inside the onDataChange() method, as assetsLocationSpinner ArrayList is. So remember, onDataChange is always called asynchronously. This means that the statement that adds objects of AssetLocation class to the list is executed before onDataChange has been called. That's why your list is empty outside that method.
For other approach, please visit this post and this post.
Hope ot helps.

You can use thread:
thread = new Thread() {
#Override
public void run() {
try {
//background tasks
runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
//UI tasks
}
});
}
catch (JSONException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
};
thread.start();`
Or you can use Firebase Multi Query method.
link: Only load layout when firebase calls are complete

AsyncTask show loading progress and return a value jsoup

I'm working on a web application that will parse the site and load the news dynamically into the CardView. For now it works and does all the needed stuff. But it's not exactly what I want.
Here's a piece of my code to understand what I am talking about:
public class NewsPage extends ActionBarActivity {
List<NewCard> listNC = new ArrayList<NewCard>();
class NewsParser extends AsyncTask<Void,Void,List<NewCard>> {
Document doc;
List<NewCard> nc = new ArrayList<NewCard>();
ProgressDialog progressDialog;
#Override
protected void onPreExecute()
{
// progressDialog= ProgressDialog.show(NewsPage.this, "Parsing the site", "Please wait while the information is loading...", true);
};
#Override
protected List<NewCard> doInBackground(Void... params) {
try {
//some code skipped
nc.add(new NewCard(forHeader.html(), forDesc, URLforImg, forHeader.attr("href")));
}
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
return nc;
}
protected void onPostExecute(String[] s) {
progressDialog.dismiss();//This method is being called out by new <class name>.execute();
//listNC = new ArrayList<NewCard>(nc);
}
}
In here I am retrieving article headlines for further opening.
This is my onCreate() method:
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_news_page);
RecyclerView recList = (RecyclerView) findViewById(R.id.cardList);
recList.setHasFixedSize(true);
LinearLayoutManager llm = new LinearLayoutManager(this);
llm.setOrientation(LinearLayoutManager.VERTICAL);
recList.setLayoutManager(llm);
try {
NewsParser np = new NewsParser();
np.execute();
listNC = np.get();
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (ExecutionException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
NewsAdapter na = new NewsAdapter(listNC);
size = na.sizes;
recList.setAdapter(na);
I'm using my adapter to fill the cards with information and to handle onClick events.
My question is this:
I need to retrieve information from my AsyncTask in order to create a
list of cards (in this case I need an amount of cards) and I am not
sure I can go on without returning values. But it makes my app freeze
and not show any interface until the action is completed. How is it
better to handle? Maybe I need to make it all different? How do I
load news headlines separately (not all together but in order)? And
what kind of loop (I don't know how to call it correctly) do I need
to add news as they load (because my program doesn't work if it
doesn't have the list before doing UI stuff)?
I've tried to tell every detail from my code and if it's needed I might add my Adapter code too.

Your UI is freezing because your get() method in the try block is blocking waiting on the AsyncTask to complete. This defeats the purpose of even using the AsyncTask. Instead, create your Adapter before you kick off the AsyncTask and then in the onPostExecute() set the data for the adapter to be the new result and call the adapter's notifyDataSetChanged() method. This will cause the UI to pick up the changes.
Be careful with your use of AsyncTask or any other threading mechanism. They are not lifecycle aware, so if the onPostExecute() method has any strong references to the Activity or its inner member fields and tries to directly use them it could run into state exceptions.

Waiting until user actually sees something on the screen

I've got a main Activity, an extra class for my fragment, and inside this fragment is an AsyncTask, which gathers data from various android library (Wifi SSID, BSSID, etc). When I start my app the app shows a blank screen, without any UI. Then after about 2 seconds, the whole data is being shown. I actually want to display my TextViews as "Not connected to a wifi network" in the background, while showing a ProgressDialog until the data is being displayed. I've got the ProgressDialog in my MainActivity, and calling it in my AsyncTask onProgressUpdate
MainActivity.progressDialog = ProgressDialog.show(MainActivity.c,
"ProgressDialog Title",
"ProgressDialog Body");
I'm updating my TextViews in the doInBackground methode (via another methode outside the Fragment)
((Activity) getActivity()).runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {

Would be too big a comment so i'll just put it here.
Sounds like you are using both fragment and AsyncTask in an incorrect way. You should never do anything UI relevant in doInBackground.
Here is an example of what you could do.
I assume the following scenario:
You have a main activity
You have a fragment containing TextViews
You wish to populate the TextViews after loading some data using AsyncTask with a progressDialog
The approach would be to:
Add the fragment in onCreate of your activity (if the fragment is not defined in the layout, then it will automatically be added).
Create the AsyncTask in your fragment like this:
private class LoadData extends AsyncTask<Void, Void, List<String>> {
ProgressDialog progressDialog;
//declare other objects as per your need
#Override
protected void onPreExecute()
{
// getActivity() is available in fragments and returns the activity to which it is attached
progressDialog= new ProgressDialog(getActivity());
progressDialog.setTitle("ProgressDialog Title");
progressDialog.setMessage("ProgressDialog Body");
progressDialog.setIndeterminate(true)
progressDialog.setCancelable(false)
progressDialog.show();
//do initialization of required objects objects here
};
#Override
protected Void doInBackground(Void... params)
{
List<String> results = new ArrayList<String>();
//do loading operation here
//add each of the texts you want to show in results
return results;
}
// onPostExecute runs on UI thread
#Override
protected void onPostExecute(List<String> results )
{
progressDialog.dismiss();
// iterate results and add the text to your TextViews
super.onPostExecute(result);
};
}
Start the AsyncTask in onCreate of your fragment:
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
new LoadData().execute();
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
}
This way you avoid calling directly back to your activity, which really should not be necessary in your scenario (unless I have misunderstood).
Otherwise please post all the relevant code and layouts.

This line:
I'm updating my TextViews in the doInBackground methode
points to your problem. You need to use the AsyncTask method onProgressUpdate() to publish to the UI thread. You do not call onProgressUpdate() directly, instead you call publishProgress().
Interestingly, I answered a similar question yesterday here: android AsyncTask in foreach
and it includes an example.

Here's what you need to do.
(1) From the place you run the code that gathers data, you should first display the progress dialog. Something like this:
busy = new ProgressDialog (this);
busy.setMessage (getString (R.string.busy));
busy.setIndeterminate (true);
busy.setCancelable (false);
busy.show();
(2) Then you start your data gathering. This must be done in a separate thread (or Runnable). Do something like this:
Thread thread = new Thread ()
{
#Override
public void run()
{
try
{
... gather data ...
Message msg = handler.obtainMessage();
msg.what = LOADING_COMPLETE;
msg.obj = null;
handler.sendMessage (msg);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Message msg = handler.obtainMessage();
msg.what = LOADING_FAILED;
msg.obj = e.getMessage(); // maybe pass this along to show to the user
handler.sendMessage (msg);
}
// get rid of the progress dialog
busy.dismiss();
busy = null;
}
}
(3) Add a handler to the activity to receive notification when data gathering is complete:
Handler handler = new Handler()
{
#Override
public void handleMessage (Message msg)
{
if (msg.what == LOADING_COMPLETE)
loadingComplete ();
else if (msg.what == LOADING_FAILED)
loadingFailed ((String)msg.obj);
}
};
(4) Implement the handlers:
private void loadingComplete ()
{
...
}
private void loadingFailed (String errorMessage)
{
...
}
That's the essentials.

How to run queries in the background

I have listed of products with different category. I have to sort them. Because of the queries, It is taking more time to load. Between two activities, the screen is coming black. I want to run the query in the background. How can I do that and how to use its result in main activity?
private class InsertTask extends AsyncTask {
String cat;
#Override
protected void onPreExecute() {
super.onPreExecute();
}
#Override
protected Boolean doInBackground(String... params) {
Boolean success = false;
try {
category(cat);
success = true;
} catch (Exception e) {
if(e.getMessage()!=null)
e.printStackTrace();
}
return success;
}
#Override
protected void onPostExecute(Boolean success) {
super.onPostExecute(success);
}
private void category(String category) {
try{
Cursor1 = mDbHelper.fetchcategory(category);
}catch(Exception e){
Log.v("Excep", ""+e);
}
}
And when called
InsertTask task = new InsertTask();
task.execute();
I have listed the category in buttons. How can I get the values then?

You should use AsyncTask for that. And some more info.

Its good you have thought of AsyncTask. Firstly, you can declare this class as inner in you class activity (if you haven't previously did) and so you are able to access you view class members.
You can do this also by creating thread and one handler that will be used to update your UI components. Remember that if you use threads you'll need to lock/unlock your database object because of the thread safety(if any other thread is accessing the database for any reason). Read more about thread safety of dbs.

I was doing some searching myself, and I came across this read, its rather long but looks extremely helpful, with lots of code examples. (I bookmarked it for myself).
Threads, Async, and Handlers O MY!
But some form of threading is the ticket.
From Android dev.
(My favorite code snippet)
public void onClick(View v) {
new Thread(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
//Do Work here
}
}).start();
}

how to do dynamic loading in android?

i have an rss feed that comes via an XML. There are several events that are returned with information about them. The events are returned with tags...for eg: ....info...
as soon as i encounter tag, i want to update the listview that i am using to show the events.
So the user does not see the loading progress dialog, rather he sees the events getting added to a list.
How do i do this.
thank you in advance.

Here's pseudo codeish example for one way of doing this using SAX parser;
// MyParserThread is assumed to be inner class of Activity here.
private class MyParserThread extends Thread implements MyParserObserver {
private MyParser mParser;
public MyParserThread() {
mParser = new MyParser();
mParser.setObserver(this);
}
public void run() {
try {
// load xml
mParser.parse(xml);
} catch (Exception ex) {
}
}
public void onMyParserEvent(final DataReceivedFromParsing data) {
runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
// update data to your UI.
}
});
}
public void cancel() {
mParser.cancel();
}
}
And in your parser you're implementing ContentHandler
public void cancel() {
mCancelled = true;
}
public void startElement(....) {
if (mCancelled) {
// If you want to stop Thread from running, all you have to do
// is make parsing stop.
throw new SAXException("Cancelled");
}
....
}
And triggering parsing once your onCreate is called would be;
public void onCreate(...) {
...
mParserThread = new MyParserThread();
mParserThread.start();
...
}
Now this isn't perfect but hopefully gives some idea how to do Thread handling for this purpose. Fundamentally you just have start it, and adding 'cancel' functionality is somewhat more of a bonus - e.g. for cases in which Activity is destroyed while your Thread is running.