SwipeRefreshLayout, refresh in background thread

Last post show a basic example of SwipeRefreshLayout. But, normally refreshing involve some longtime task; such as loading data from Internet. This example show how to refresh with longtime task in background thread.


MainActivity.java

package com.blogspot.android_er.androidswiperefresh;

import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v4.widget.SwipeRefreshLayout;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.AdapterView;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
import android.widget.ListAdapter;
import android.widget.ListView;
import android.widget.Toast;

import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.List;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    SwipeRefreshLayout swipeRefreshLayout;
    ListView swipeList;

    List<String> myList;
    ListAdapter adapter;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        swipeRefreshLayout = (SwipeRefreshLayout)findViewById(R.id.swiperefreshlayout);
        swipeRefreshLayout.setOnRefreshListener(new SwipeRefreshLayout.OnRefreshListener() {
            @Override
            public void onRefresh() {
                refresh();
            }
        });

        swipeList = (ListView)findViewById(R.id.swipelist);

        myList = new ArrayList<>();
        adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(
                this, android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, myList);
        swipeList.setAdapter(adapter);

        swipeList.setOnItemClickListener(new AdapterView.OnItemClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long id) {
                String item = (String) parent.getItemAtPosition(position);
                Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, item, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
            }
        });
    }

    private void refresh(){

        final int pos = myList.size();
        myList.add(pos, "Refreshing...");
        swipeList.invalidateViews();
        swipeRefreshLayout.setRefreshing(true);

        //refresh long-time task in background thread
        new Thread(new Runnable() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                try {
                    //dummy delay for 2 second
                    Thread.sleep(2000);
                } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }

                //update ui on UI thread
                runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
                    @Override
                    public void run() {
                        String currentDateTime =
                                DateFormat.getDateTimeInstance().format(new Date());
                        myList.set(pos, pos + " - " + currentDateTime);
                        swipeList.invalidateViews();
                        swipeRefreshLayout.setRefreshing(false);
                    }
                });

            }
        }).start();
    }
}

Keep using the layout in last post.

more:
- SwipeRefreshLayout, work with RecyclerView

Load something from Internet using URLConnection and ReadableByteChannel, in Thread

Last example show "Load something from Internet using URLConnection and BufferedReader, in Thread". Here is another example using java.nio.channels.ReadableByteChannel.

Read operations are synchronous on a ReadableByteChannel, that is, if a read is already in progress on the channel then subsequent reads will block until the first read completes. It is undefined whether non-read operations will block.

MainActivity.java

package com.blogspot.android_er.androidinternet;

import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.Handler;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.widget.Toast;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.net.URL;
import java.net.URLConnection;
import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
import java.nio.channels.Channels;
import java.nio.channels.ReadableByteChannel;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    TextView textResult;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
        textResult = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.tresult);

        MyThread myThread = new MyThread("http://android-er.blogspot.com", textResult);
        myThread.start();
    }

    class MyThread extends Thread{
        String target;
        TextView textviewResult;

        private Handler handler = new Handler();

        public MyThread(String target, TextView textviewResult) {
            super();
            this.target = target;
            this.textviewResult = textviewResult;
        }

        @Override
        public void run() {
            String result = "";

            URL url = null;
            try {
                url = new URL(target);
                URLConnection urlConnection = url.openConnection();
                InputStream inputStream = urlConnection.getInputStream();

                ReadableByteChannel readableByteChannel = Channels.newChannel(inputStream);
                ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.allocate(1024);

                while (readableByteChannel.read(buffer) > 0)
                {
                    result += new String(buffer.array());
                    buffer.clear();
                }

            } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            } catch (IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }

            final String finalResult = result;
            handler.post(new Runnable() {
                @Override
                public void run() {
                    textviewResult.setText(finalResult);
                    Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this,
                            "finished", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
                }
            });
        }
    }
}

For layout and AndroidManifest.xml, refer to the previous post "Load something from Internet using URLConnection and BufferedReader, in AsyncTask".

Load something from Internet using URLConnection and BufferedReader, in Thread

Previous post show how to Load something from Internet using URLConnection and BufferedReader, in AsyncTask. This post show how to do it in Thread, and update UI using Handler.

MainActivity.java

package com.blogspot.android_er.androidinternet;

import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.Handler;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.widget.Toast;

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.net.URL;
import java.net.URLConnection;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    TextView textResult;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
        textResult = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.tresult);

        MyThread myThread = new MyThread("http://android-er.blogspot.com", textResult);
        myThread.start();
    }

    class MyThread extends Thread{
        String target;
        TextView textviewResult;

        private Handler handler = new Handler();

        public MyThread(String target, TextView textviewResult) {
            super();
            this.target = target;
            this.textviewResult = textviewResult;
        }

        @Override
        public void run() {
            String result = "";

            try {
                URL url = new URL(target);
                URLConnection urlConnection = url.openConnection();
                InputStream inputStream = urlConnection.getInputStream();
                InputStreamReader inputStreamReader =
                        new InputStreamReader(inputStream);
                BufferedReader buffReader = new BufferedReader(inputStreamReader);

                String line;
                while ((line = buffReader.readLine()) != null) {
                    result += line;
                }

            } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            } catch (IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }

            final String finalResult = result;
            handler.post(new Runnable() {
                @Override
                public void run() {
                    textviewResult.setText(finalResult);
                    Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this,
                            "finished", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
                }
            });
        }
    }
}

For layout and AndroidManifest.xml, refer to the previous post "Load something from Internet using URLConnection and BufferedReader, in AsyncTask".

Related:
- Load something from Internet using URLConnection and ReadableByteChannel, in Thread

AsyncTask vs Thread + Handler

This post show how to implement using AsyncTask and Thread/Handler to perform the same function: doing something in background and update UI elements (ProgressBar and TextView).

This video show how it run on Android Emulator running Android N, in Multi-Window.

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AsyncTask

MainActivity.java

package com.blogspot.android_er.androidasynctask;

import android.os.AsyncTask;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.ProgressBar;
import android.widget.TextView;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    Button btnStart;
    ProgressBar progressBar;
    TextView textMsg;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        progressBar = (ProgressBar)findViewById(R.id.progress);
        textMsg = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.msg);

        btnStart = (Button)findViewById(R.id.start);
        btnStart.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                MyAsyncTask myAsyncTask = new MyAsyncTask(progressBar, textMsg);
                myAsyncTask.execute();
            }
        });
    }

    class MyAsyncTask extends AsyncTask<Void, Integer, Void>{

        ProgressBar pBar;
        TextView tMsg;

        public MyAsyncTask(ProgressBar pBar, TextView tMsg) {
            super();
            this.pBar = pBar;
            this.tMsg = tMsg;
        }

        @Override
        protected Void doInBackground(Void... params) {
            for(int i=0; i<=10; i++){
                try {
                    Thread.sleep(1000);
                } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }

                publishProgress(i);
            }
            return null;
        }

        @Override
        protected void onProgressUpdate(Integer... values) {
            pBar.setProgress(values[0]);
        }

        @Override
        protected void onPostExecute(Void aVoid) {
            tMsg.setText("finished");
        }
    }
}

layout/activity_main.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:padding="16dp"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    tools:context="com.blogspot.android_er.androidasynctask.MainActivity">

    <TextView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
        android:autoLink="web"
        android:text="http://android-er.blogspot.com/"
        android:textStyle="bold" />

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/start"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Start"/>

    <ProgressBar
        android:id="@+id/progress"
        style="?android:attr/progressBarStyleHorizontal"
        android:indeterminate="false"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:max="10"
        android:progress="0"/>
    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/msg"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
</LinearLayout>

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Thread + Handler

MainActivity.java

package com.blogspot.android_er.androidthreadhandler;

import android.os.Handler;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.ProgressBar;
import android.widget.TextView;

import org.w3c.dom.Text;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    Button btnStart;
    ProgressBar progressBar;
    TextView textMsg;

    private Handler handler = new Handler();

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        progressBar = (ProgressBar)findViewById(R.id.progress);
        textMsg = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.msg);

        btnStart = (Button)findViewById(R.id.start);
        btnStart.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                MyThread myThread = new MyThread(progressBar, textMsg);
                myThread.start();
            }
        });
    }

    class MyThread extends Thread{

        ProgressBar pBar;
        TextView tMsg;

        public MyThread(ProgressBar pBar, TextView tMsg) {
            super();
            this.pBar = pBar;
            this.tMsg = tMsg;
        }

        @Override
        public void run() {

            for (int i = 0; i <= 10; i++) {
                try {
                    Thread.sleep(1000);
                } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }

                //is accessed from within inner class, needs to be declared final
                final int finalI = i;
                handler.post(new Runnable() {
                    @Override
                    public void run() {
                        pBar.setProgress(finalI);
                    }
                });
            }

            handler.post(new Runnable() {
                @Override
                public void run() {
                    tMsg.setText("finished");
                }
            });
        }
    }
}

layout/activity_main.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:padding="16dp"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    tools:context="com.blogspot.android_er.androidthreadhandler.MainActivity">

    <TextView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
        android:autoLink="web"
        android:text="http://android-er.blogspot.com/"
        android:textStyle="bold" />

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/start"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Start"/>

    <ProgressBar
        android:id="@+id/progress"
        style="?android:attr/progressBarStyleHorizontal"
        android:indeterminate="false"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:max="10"
        android:progress="0"/>
    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/msg"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
</LinearLayout>

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next:
- HandlerThread example

related:
- Load something from Internet using URLConnection and BufferedReader, in AsyncTask
- Load something from Internet using URLConnection and BufferedReader, in Thread