Question

There are two classes. MainActivity, in which i set the view, and ClassX from which i want to update a view in MainActivity. ClassX is an AsyncTask called from MainActivity, if that’s relevant.

What i want to do is to change the text of a view called mainTextLog. I’ve declared a global TextView variable, and in the onCreate() method i set it to the view using findViewById().

private TextView logger;

public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.main);

    logger = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.mainTextLog);

}

By now i should be able to change the text from onCreate(), and i can. But since i want to change it from another class (ClassX) i need to create a method for it:

public void setLogText(String text) {
    logger.setText(text);
}

But it doesn’t work. I’ve tried making logger and the setLogText() method static, but it still doesn’t work. The app just crashes.

It’s probably pretty easy, but i’m out of ideas.

Answer 1

If you are using an AsyncTask you need to set the value in either onProgressUpdate or in onPostExecute.

You really should read the documentation for AsyncTasks

You CANNOT update the UI from the doInBackground method as it is not run in the UI thread and will give you an exception.

Also, you should post the exception you are getting when the application crashes so we have a better idea what the problem is. But I’d guess you are trying to update the text from the wrong thread.