AsyncTask and Contexts
- by Michael
So I'm working out my first multi-threaded application using Android with the AsyncTask class. I'm trying to use it to fire off a Geocoder in a second thread, then update the UI with onPostExecute, but I keep running into an issue with the proper Context.
I kind of hobbled my way through using Contexts on the main thread, but I'm not exactly sure what the Context is or how to use it on background threads, and I haven't found any good examples on it. Any help? Here is an excerpt of what I'm trying to do:
public class GeoCode extends AsyncTask<GeoThread, Void, GeoThread> {
@Override
protected GeoThread doInBackground(GeoThread... i) {
List<Address> addresses = null;
Geocoder geoCode = null;
geoCode = new Geocoder(null); //Expects at minimum Geocoder(Context context);
addresses = geoCode.getFromLocation(GoldenHour.lat, GoldenHour.lng, 1);
}
}
It keeps failing at the sixth line there, because of the improper Context.
