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Android Build a Blog Reader Android App Adapting Data for Display in a List Finishing Our AsyncTask

Joe Killick
Joe Killick
3,714 Points

Hi guys, Any idea what might be wrong here please?

It says method must be exactly onPostExecute and it is...

CustomActivity.java
import android.os.AsyncTask;
import android.os.Bundle;

public class CustomActivity extends Activity {

    public String mStatus;

  @Override
    protected void onPostExecute(String result) {

    }

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_custom);
        CustomAsyncTask task = new CustomAsyncTask();
        task.execute();
    }

    protected void updateStatusLabel() {
        super.updateStatusLabel();
    }

    protected class CustomAsyncTask extends AsyncTask<Object, Void, String> {   
        @Override
        protected String doInBackground(Object... params) {
            // Imagine this is some code to do some work
            return "Done!";
        }


    }
}

1 Answer

Dan Johnson
Dan Johnson
40,533 Points

"onPostExecute" is a method derived from AsyncTask, so it needs to be placed inside your CustomAsyncTask class.