How to completely kill/remove/delete/stop an AsyncTask

android, android-asynctask

Solution

AsyncTask does not cancel process on

myAsynTask.cancel(true)

For that you have to stop it manually.

for example you are downloading video in `doInBackground(..)` in while/for loop.

protected Long doInBackground(URL... urls) {

         for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
          // you need to break your loop on particular condition here

             if(isCancelled())
                  break;             
         }
         return totalSize;
     }

Problem

I made an app that downloads videos from our server. The issue is: When i cancel the downloading i call: ``` myAsyncTask.cancel(true) ``` I noticed, that `myAsyncTask` doesn't stops on calling cancel... my `ProgressDialog` still goes up and its like jumping from status to status showing me that each time I cancel and start again an `AsyncTask` by clicking the download button, a new `AsyncTask` starts... Each time I click download.. then cancel, then again download a separate `AsyncTask` starts. Why is `myAsynTask.cancle(true)` not cancelling my task ? I don't want it anymore on the background. I just want to completely shut it down if I click cancel. How to do it ? E D I T: Thanks to gtumca-MAC, and the others who helped me did it by: ``` while (((count = input.read(data)) != -1) && (this.isCancelled()==false)) { total += count; publishProgress((int) (total * 100 / lenghtOfFile)); output.write(data, 0, count); } ``` Thanks!!!

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