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progressdialog going behind a dialog

I have created dialog and it inflates xml which gets updated with the info .But the progress dialog is shown behind the dialog which pops up .How do I show those progressdialog on top of dialog with inflated xml.
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
dialog();
}
public class loadasync extends AsyncTask<Void, Void, JSONObject> {
ProgressDialog progressDialog ;
#Override
protected JSONObject doInBackground(Void... params) {
}
#Override
protected void onPreExecute() {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
super.onPreExecute();
runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
progressDialog = new ProgressDialog(MainActivity.this);
progressDialog.setMessage("loading");
progressDialog.setCanceledOnTouchOutside(false);
progressDialog.show();
}
});
}
#Override
protected void onPostExecute(JSONObject result) {
runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
progressDialog.dismiss();
}
});
}
}
public void dialog() {
dialog = new Dialog(MainActivity.this);
dialog.setContentView(R.layout.dialogxml);
loadasync loadasyncdata=new loadasync();
loadasyncdata.executeOnExecutor(AsyncTask.THREAD_POOL_EXECUTOR);
dialog.show();
}

I cannot see that you are using the setProgressStyle() in your code. That is:
progessDialog.setProgressStyle(ProgressDialog.STYLE_SPINNER);
for instance.
So in your code try the following:
public void run() {
progressDialog = new ProgressDialog(MainActivity.this);
progressDialog.setMessage("loading");
progressBar.setProgressStyle(ProgressDialog.STYLE_SPINNER);
progressDialog.setCanceledOnTouchOutside(false);
progressDialog.show();
}

Something to consider : OnPostExecute and onPreExecute are both run on the UI thread, so you can remove the runOnUIThread stuff, just do
protected void onPreExecute() {
progressDialog = new ProgressDialog(MainActivity.this);
progressDialog.setMessage("loading");
progressDialog.setCanceledOnTouchOutside(false);
progressDialog.show();
}
and respectively in onPostExecute
protected void onPostExecute(JSONObject result) {
progressDialog.dismiss();
}
Should maybe be a comment, but the reputation ...

Displaying a ProgressDialog while waiting for a joined Thread

In my Activity, I load the content for a list from a DB, and want to display a ProgressDialog while it´s loading.
I got both working on it´s own, but if I load the data in a thread (which I should do?), the list is displayed before it´s data is loaded. But if I use join, the ProgressDialog doesnt even appear.
How can I combine this? Or is this not possible at all with threads? (AsyncTask maybe?)
Here´s the code for reference:
final ProgressDialog progressD=ProgressDialog.show(ShopSwitchActivity.this, "", "Loading..", true);
Thread myThread = new Thread(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
try
{
getData();
}catch(Exception e){}
}
});
myThread.start();
try {
myThread.join();
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
}
progressD.dismiss();
EDIT: Updated Code with AsyncTask:
public class LoadList extends AsyncTask<String, Void, Boolean> {
ProgressDialog dialog;
ShopSwitchActivity activity;
public LoadList(ShopSwitchActivity activity) {
this.activity = activity;
dialog = new ProgressDialog(activity);
}
protected void onPreExecute() {
this.dialog.setMessage("Loading...");
this.dialog.show();
}
#Override
protected void onPostExecute(final Boolean success) {
if (dialog.isShowing()) {
dialog.dismiss();
}
}
protected Boolean doInBackground(final String... args) {
try{
activity.getData();
} catch (Exception e) {
Log.e("error", e.getMessage());
}
return true;
}
}
Edit: My Solution
Using AsyncTask now to load the Data, and after it´s done, I refresh the list with the new data.

You can do it with AsyncTask. Write AsyncTask class in your main class that you want to do your operations. You can create the progress dialog in preexcecute of your async class and dismiss in onpostexecute of async class. Here is how you will do this:
class MyAsync extends AsyncTask<String, Void, Void> {
ProgressDialog pd;
Context co;
MyActivity ma;
public MyAsync (MyActivity ma){
this.ma= ma;
this.co = ma;
pd= new ProgressDialog(co);
}
#Override
protected void onPreExecute() {
this.pd.show();
super.onPreExecute();
}
#Override
protected Void doInBackground(String... params) {
// do your database operations here
return null;
}
#Override
protected void onPostExecute(Void result) {
// show db results and dismiss progress dialog pd.dismiss();
super.onPostExecute(result);
}
}
in MyActivity call as :
MyActivity ma = this;
new MyAsync(ma).execute();

You seem to miss the point of a thread. A thread occurs at the same time as your application. So your app doesn't call start then wait for the thread to be over- if it did you could just use a function. Instead your code continues to run. So if you just call join immediately, you're not doing anything. You'd get around a NetworkOnMainThreadException this way, but you'd still hold up the UI thread making your app totally non-responsive (and as a result not showing the dialog), and you'd eventually crash when a watchdog timer kills you.
Instead, the best way to handle this is to use an AsyncTask. Call getData in doInBackground(). Then dismiss the dialog in onPostExecute.

You should use AsyncTask instead actually.
Here is the link to the library. It is fairly simple:
1) onPreExecute() = show ProgressDialog
2) doInBackground() = execute your code
3) onPostExecute() = dismiss ProgressDialog
Here's a nice tutorial too.
In general:
#Override
protected void onPreExecute() {
dialog = new ProgressDialog(this.context);
dialog.setMessage("Loading...");
dialog.setCanceledOnTouchOutside(false);
}
#Override
protected void onPostExecute(String result) {
if(dialog.isShowing()) {
dialog.dismiss();
}
}

private Thread myThread;
private ProgressDialog mProgDialog;
mProgDialog = ProgressDialog.show(ShopSwitchActivity.this,"","Laden..", true);
myThread= new Thread(new Runnable()
{
public void run()
{
myThread.setPriority(Thread.MIN_PRIORITY);
try
{
getData();
}catch(Exception e){}
runOnUiThread(new Runnable()
{
public void run()
{
if (mProgDialog != null&& mProgDialog.isShowing())
mProgDialog.dismiss();
} }
});
}
});
myThread.start();

Android Async task porgress bar doesn't comes until background process is completed

I am building a project in which i use async task to show progress bar.
I am using get() method to wait the main thread so we can do the other task before .
but progress bar is showing after completion of doInBackground thered.
I Want to show the loading bar when the loading starts.
It will dismiss when onPostExecute calls.
public class TempConverterActivity extends Activity {
pojo p;
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
Button b= (Button) findViewById(R.id.btn);
b.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
showResult();
}
});
}
private void showResult() {
try {
new LoadData().execute().get();
} catch (Exception e) {
Log.e("async brix--", e.getMessage());
}
runned();
}
private void runned() {
ArrayList<String> al = p.getData();
for (String str : al){
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), str, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
}
private class LoadData extends AsyncTask<Void, Void, Void> {
private final ProgressDialog dialog = new ProgressDialog(TempConverterActivity.this);
protected void onPreExecute() {
dialog.setMessage("Loading data...");
dialog.setIndeterminate(true);
dialog.setCancelable(false);
dialog.show();
}
protected void onPostExecute(final Void unused) {
if (dialog.isShowing()) {
dialog.dismiss();
}
}
#Override
protected Void doInBackground(Void... params) {
p = new pojo();
new SoapParser(p);
return null;
}
}}
Please help . Thanks in advance.

You can try following code,
progDailog = ProgressDialog.show(loginAct,"Process ", "please wait....",true,true);
new Thread ( new Runnable()
{
public void run()
{
// your code goes here
}
}).start();
Handler progressHandler = new Handler()
{
public void handleMessage(Message msg1)
{
progDailog.dismiss();
}
}

Edited: In my previous answer I suggested using a Handler; however, AsyncTask eliminates the need to do this which I didn't spot.
Why do you feel the need to call AsyncTask.get()? This is a blocking call, and you call this from the UI thread, thus it is ultimately a race condition as to whether it or onPreExecute() is run first.
I see no reason why you should call get() in this context. You want to call runned() after the AsyncTask completes, but you could do this by launching a new thread from onPostExecute(). Alternatively you could do as you do now, using get(), but call that from a new thread instead of the UI thread.

Dismiss a dialog when a thread is done

I'm creating a thread in android for a time consuming operation. I want the main screen to show a progress dialog with a message informing that the operation is in progress, but I want that dialog to dismiss once the thread is done. I've tried with join but it locks the thread and doesn't show the dialog. I tried using:
dialog.show();
mythread.start();
dialog.dismiss();
but then the dialog doesn't show. How can I make that sequence but wait for the thread to end without locking the main thread?
This is as far as I got:
public class syncDataElcanPos extends AsyncTask<String, Integer, Void> {
ProgressDialog pDialog;
Context cont;
public syncDataElcanPos(Context ctx) {
cont=ctx;
}
protected void onPreExecute() {
pDialog = ProgressDialog.show(cont,cont.getString(R.string.sync), cont.getString(R.string.sync_complete), true);
}
protected Void doInBackground(String... parts) {
// blablabla...
return null;
}
protected void onProgressUpdate(Integer... item) {
pDialog.setProgress(item[0]); // just for possible bar in a future.
}
protected void onPostExecute(Void unused) {
pDialog.dismiss();
}
But when I try to execute it, it gives me an exception: "Unable to add window".

When your thread is done, use the runOnUIThread method to dismiss the dialog.
runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
dialog.dismiss();
}
});

To do that there is two ways to do it , ( and i prefer the first second one : AsyncTask ) :
First : you display your alertDialog , and then on the method run() you should do like this
#override
public void run(){
//the code of your method run
//....
.
.
.
//at the end of your method run() , dismiss the dialog
YourActivity.this.runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
dialog.dismiss();
}
});
}
Second : Using an AsyncTask like this :
class AddTask extends AsyncTask<Void, Item, Void> {
protected void onPreExecute() {
//create and display your alert here
pDialog = ProgressDialog.show(MyActivity.this,"Please wait...", "Downloading data ...", true);
}
protected Void doInBackground(Void... unused) {
// here is the thread's work ( what is on your method run()
items = parser.getItems();
for (Item it : items) {
publishProgress(it);
}
return(null);
}
protected void onProgressUpdate(Item... item) {
adapter.add(item[0]);
}
protected void onPostExecute(Void unused) {
//dismiss the alert here where the thread has finished his work
pDialog.dismiss();
}
}

well in AsyncTask in the on postexecute you can call dismiss
here is an example from other thread
class AddTask extends AsyncTask<Void, Item, Void> {
protected void onPreExecute() {
pDialog = ProgressDialog.show(MyActivity.this,"Please wait...", "Retrieving data ...", true);
}
protected Void doInBackground(Void... unused) {
items = parser.getItems();
for (Item it : items) {
publishProgress(it);
}
return(null);
}
protected void onProgressUpdate(Item... item) {
adapter.add(item[0]);
}
protected void onPostExecute(Void unused) {
pDialog.dismiss();
}
}

progressbar in android with thread

I am build one application in which, I can get data from a server so simply I want to put progress bar on it but I can't give specific time duration. it is dismiss randomly while fetch entire data from server. so can you tell me how can I do this ?
can you give one simple example with elaboration

#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
{
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.event_detail);
pd = ProgressDialog.show(this, "Please Wait", "Loading ....", true,true);
Thread thread = new Thread(this); //Implment Runnable;
thread.start();
// setData();
}
#Override
public void run()
{
//Do your all work except User Interface Updation
han.sendEmptyMessage(0);
}
private Handler han=new Handler()
{
#Override
public void handleMessage(Message msg)
{
dismiss dialog
}
};

You can use these http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/ProgressBar.html sample but it's better to integrate with async task Example of async task and since you don't know how long it will take just use the onPostExecute to close the progress.
hope it helps

What you need is to combine AsynTask and indeterminate ProgressDialog together. Something like this:
private class DownloadTask extends AsyncTask<...> {
private ProgressDialog progressBar;
protected void onPreExecute() {
progressBar = ...;
progressBar.show();
}
protected Long doInBackground() {
// blah blah
}
protected void onPostExecute() {
progressBar.dismiss();
}
}
Don't forget to handle if user wants to cancel the progress.

U can use AsyncTask
private class Myclass extends AsyncTask<Void, Integer, Void> {
ProgressDialog pDialog;
#Override
protected void onPreExecute() {
pDialog= ProgressDialog.show(context, "", "loading...");
pDialog.show();
super.onPreExecute();
}
#Override
protected Long doInBackground(Void... unused) {
// your code here
return null;
}
#Override
protected void onPostExecute(Void unused) {
pDialog.dismiss();
}
}