EDIT: publishProgress(counter); passes the value of where the task has got to to onProgressUpdate().
private class LoadViewTask extends AsyncTask<Void, Integer, Void> {
private Context context;
public LoadViewTask(Context context) {
this.context = context.getApplicationContext();
}
@Override
protected void onPreExecute() {
progressDialog = new ProgressDialog(MainActivity.this);
progressDialog.setProgressStyle(ProgressDialog.STYLE_HORIZONTAL);
progressDialog.setTitle("Loading...");
progressDialog.setMessage("Initializing data for first use!");
progressDialog.setCancelable(false);
progressDialog.setIndeterminate(false);
// this counts how many line to be added to the database so it can later tell how far it has got.
final Resources resources2 = context.getResources();
InputStream inputStream2 = resources2.openRawResource(R.raw.rawherbaldata);
BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(inputStream2));
int lineCount = 0;
try {
String line;
while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
lineCount++;
}
} catch (SQLException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} finally {
try {
reader.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
progressDialog.setMax(lineCount);
progressDialog.setProgress(0);
progressDialog.show();
}
@Override
protected Void doInBackground(Void... params) {
HerbalDatabaseOpenHelper mHerbalDbHelper = new HerbalDatabaseOpenHelper(MainActivity.this);
SQLiteDatabase db = mHerbalDbHelper.getWritableDatabase();
int counter = 0;
final Resources resources2 = context.getResources();
InputStream inputStream2 = resources2.openRawResource(R.raw.rawherbaldata);
BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(inputStream2));
db.beginTransaction();
try {
int lineNumber = 1;
String line;
while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
// CODE FOR ENTERING LINE INTO DATABASE
// EDIT: the following keeps the task updated on where it has got to, passing the count to onProgressUpdate()
counter++;
publishProgress(counter);
}
} catch (SQLException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} finally {
try {
reader.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
db.setTransactionSuccessful();
db.endTransaction();
db.close();
return null;
}
@Override
protected void onProgressUpdate(Integer... values) {
progressDialog.setProgress(values[0]);
}
@Override
protected void onPostExecute(Void result) {
progressDialog.dismiss();
SharedPreferences sharedPref = getSharedPreferences(getString(R.string.preference_file_key), Context.MODE_PRIVATE);
pxsRxsUpdate = true;
SharedPreferences.Editor editor = sharedPref.edit();
editor.putBoolean(PXS_RXS_UPDATE, pxsRxsUpdate);
editor.commit();
// initialize the View
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
}
}
