I have a non Activity class which contains an AsyncTask which calls an URL. If the Connection Timeouts for some reasons, I want to let the user know this by posting a Toast. But I just can't get any Context.
How can achive this?
RPIcall.class
import android.os.AsyncTask;
import android.util.Log;
import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
import org.apache.http.client.ClientProtocolException;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet;
import org.apache.http.conn.HttpHostConnectException;
import org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultHttpClient;
import org.apache.http.params.BasicHttpParams;
import org.apache.http.params.HttpConnectionParams;
import org.apache.http.params.HttpParams;
import java.io.IOException;
class RPicall extends AsyncTask<String, String, Void> {
@Override
protected Void doInBackground(String... uri) {
int timeoutSocket = 3000;
int timeoutConnection = 3000;
try{
Log.v("call URL: ", uri[0]);
HttpGet httpGet = new HttpGet(uri[0]);
HttpParams httpParameters = new BasicHttpParams();
// Set the timeout in milliseconds until a connection is established.
// The default value is zero, that means the timeout is not used.
HttpConnectionParams.setConnectionTimeout(httpParameters, timeoutConnection);
// Set the default socket timeout (SO_TIMEOUT)
// in milliseconds which is the timeout for waiting for data.
HttpConnectionParams.setSoTimeout(httpParameters, timeoutSocket);
DefaultHttpClient httpClient = new DefaultHttpClient(httpParameters);
HttpResponse response = httpClient.execute(httpGet);
} catch (ClientProtocolException e) {
//Here Connection TimeOut excepion
//Toast.makeText(, "Your connection timedout", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
Log.v("Server not Reachable: ", uri[0]);
publishProgress("TimeOut");
} catch (HttpHostConnectException e) {
Log.e("Server not Reachable: ", uri[0]);
}
catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
return null;
}
@Override
protected void onPostExecute(Void result) {
super.onPostExecute(result);
String test = "test";
Log.v("finished: ", test);
}
}
(timeout code based on this answer by kuester2000)
Step #1: Add a constructor to RPicall
that takes a Context
, storing it in a data member.
Step #2: Use that Context
in onPostExecute()
to display your Toast
.
Step #3: Pass in a suitable Context
when you create an instance of RPicall
.