android - Show ProgressDialog from thread inside the Service

Question

I have a Service with registered ContentObserver. When my ContentObserver detects changes it sets Service's boolean variable to true. I also have a Thread running in the service which sleeps for some time and wakes up to check that variable.

When it detects change it needs some time to process some other code and I need to show ProgressDialog during the delay. How can I do this?

Answer 1

You should use AsyncTask instead.

Here is the link to the library. It is fairly simple:

1) onPreExecute() = show ProgressDialog

2) doInBackground() = execute your code

3) onPostExecute() = dismiss ProgressDialog

DONE :-)