Android: Load Data in background during splash screen and use it later

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I'm trying to load data from a webserver (getting a JSONArray back) during the start of my application. So far I was able to get the array back only from the main activity with the following commands: ``` if (DEVELOPER_MODE) { StrictMode.setThreadPolicy(new StrictMode.ThreadPolicy.Builder() .detectDiskReads() .detectDiskWrites() .detectNetwork() .penaltyLog() .build());
} jsonArray = JsonParser.getJSONFromURL("cities2.php"); ``` That gave me all the cities (or whatever data i needed) in the current class, but this is not a clean way to do it.. My Problem now is, how to get the cities from my SplashScreen Activity to the Activity where i need the data. My goal is to load all the data from the webserver during the SplashScreen (about 4500 lines of text -> approx. 50KB data) and use them in the different Activities.. So, my main problem at the moment is how to get the data from the webserver that i load during the SplashScreen onto the "last" activity (i.e. SplashScreen -> MainActivi…

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i was having the same problem so instead of creating a new activity to show the splash screen i used a Dialog, so you won't need to share the data between the activities. The link i used to do that: http://blog.iangclifton.com/2011/01/01/android-splash-screens-done-right/

Android: Load Data in background during splash screen and use it later

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