Android - Activity lifecycle and Thread

This example is to download from a link then view it in the app.

manifest

main.xml















 

import java.io.IOException;

import org.apache.http.HttpEntity;
import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
import org.apache.http.StatusLine;
import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpUriRequest;
import org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultHttpClient;
import org.apache.http.util.EntityUtils;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.app.ProgressDialog;
import android.content.Context;
import android.graphics.Bitmap;
import android.graphics.BitmapFactory;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.Handler;
import android.os.Message;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.ImageView;

public class MainActivity extends Activity {
// Static so that the thread access the latest attribute
private static ProgressDialog dialog;
private static Bitmap downloadBitmap;
private static Handler handler;
private ImageView imageView;
private Thread downloadThread;


/** Called when the activity is first created. */


@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
// Create a handler to update the UI
handler = new Handler() {
@Override
public void handleMessage(Message msg) {
imageView.setImageBitmap(downloadBitmap);
dialog.dismiss();
}

};
// get the latest imageView after restart of the application
imageView = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.imageView1);
Context context = imageView.getContext();
System.out.println(context);
// Did we already download the image?
if (downloadBitmap != null) {
imageView.setImageBitmap(downloadBitmap);
}
// Check if the thread is already running
downloadThread = (Thread) getLastNonConfigurationInstance();
if (downloadThread != null && downloadThread.isAlive()) {
dialog = ProgressDialog.show(this, "Download", "downloading");
}
}

public void resetPicture(View view) {
if (downloadBitmap != null) {
downloadBitmap = null;
}
imageView.setImageResource(R.drawable.ic_launcher);
}

public void downloadPicture(View view) {
dialog = ProgressDialog.show(this, "Download", "downloading");
downloadThread = new MyThread();
downloadThread.start();
}

// Save the thread
@Override
public Object onRetainNonConfigurationInstance() {
return downloadThread;
}

// dismiss dialog if activity is destroyed
@Override
protected void onDestroy() {
if (dialog != null && dialog.isShowing()) {
dialog.dismiss();
dialog = null;
}
super.onDestroy();
}

// Utiliy method to download image from the internet
static private Bitmap downloadBitmap(String url) throws IOException {
HttpUriRequest request = new HttpGet(url.toString());
HttpClient httpClient = new DefaultHttpClient();
HttpResponse response = httpClient.execute(request);

StatusLine statusLine = response.getStatusLine();
int statusCode = statusLine.getStatusCode();
if (statusCode == 200) {
HttpEntity entity = response.getEntity();
byte[] bytes = EntityUtils.toByteArray(entity);

Bitmap bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeByteArray(bytes, 0,
bytes.length);
return bitmap;
} else {
throw new IOException("Download failed, HTTP response code "
+ statusCode + " - " + statusLine.getReasonPhrase());
}
}

static public class MyThread extends Thread {
@Override
public void run() {
try {
// Simulate a slow network
try {
new Thread().sleep(4000);
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
downloadBitmap = downloadBitmap("http://www.imaginelifestyles.com/luxuryliving/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/ferrari-f12-front.jpg");
// Updates the user interface
handler.sendEmptyMessage(0);
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} finally {

}
}
}

}