On Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 5:37 PM, Filip Havlicek <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm just wondering what happens to running AsyncTask when the back button is > pressed.
Nothing happens to your AsyncTask when the BACK button is pressed. > Doesn't seem to invoke onCancelled or onPostExecute in my > AsyncTask. Correct. Bear in mind that AsyncTask does not have to be used by an Activity. It could be used by a Service, for example. > When I call cancel(false), onCancelled method is called, but doInBackground > continues in execution Correct. Passing false means you do not want to stop the task if it is already started, versus just pending in the work queue. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy _The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development_ Version 3.1 Available! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
