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Finish the calling activity when AsyncTask completes

I know that I have to use asyncTask for operations that take long like db writing.

However, one of my issues is how to tell My activity not close until operation is done.

Example:

I have Activity A that should do a DB insert when the user hit submit. So when user hit submit, I am creating an asyncTask to update the db. The problem is I have it like

new MyAsyncTask().execute()
finish();

As a result, my activity is closing before the asyncTask is completed. How can I ensure that my activity stays open until MyAsyncTask is done processing

Thank you

Answer 1

You can write finish() in onPostExecute() of async task.