ProgressDialog not shown when AsyncTask.get() called

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AsyncTask block UI threat and show progressbar with delay

I want to show a progressDialog while retrieving JSON from any server. So I had used AsyncTask as a solution (not sure any different way out).

Everything is fine, the ProgressDialog works properly until I call .get() method using AsyncTask instance. I suppose it's blocking UI somehow. Here is my AsyncTask:

public class myAsync extends AsyncTask<String, String, List> {

    String message; // for dialog message
    ProgressDialog progress; 
    Intent myIntent;
    Context ctx;

    public myAsync(String message, Context ctx) {
        this.message = message;
        this.ctx = ctx;
        progress = new ProgressDialog(ctx);
    }

    @Override
    protected void onPreExecute() { 
        progress.setMessage(message);
        progress.setIndeterminate(true);
        progress.setCancelable(false);
        progress.show();    
    }

    @Override
    protected List doInBackground(String... params) {
        //returns any list after the task
        return anyList; 
    }

    @Override
    protected void onPostExecute(List result) {
        if(progress.isShowing())
            progress.dismiss();
    }
}

And here is myActivity which is calls AsyncTask:

myAsync asyncTask = new myAsync("Loading...", this);
asyncTask.execute("Any string", "Other string");
asyncTask.get(); // If I comment out this line, ProgressDialog works

After execute, when I tried to log the result from doInBackground and onPostExecute both there is no problem. But if I want to get with .get() the result ProgressDialog is not shown or shown so little time (maybe 0.2 seconds)

What's the problem?

Answer 1

Yes, get() waits if necessary for the computation to complete, and then retrieves its result. This means, that you are blocking your UI thread, waiting for the result.

Solution: Don't call get

Usually, you will call a function (callback) in the postExecute.