Thursday, July 14, 2011

Re: [android-developers] Using asynctask for frequent updates.

On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 2:15 PM, Thulasi <thulasi48@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am trying to implement an application which requires polling the server
> every few seconds. what is the best way to proceed??

Poll less frequently, on a user-defined interval.

Better yet, use some sort of long-poll mechanism (Web sockets, Comet,
etc.) or a push engine (C2DM, Xtify, Urban Airship).

> I have a problem with Asynctask as i may need to create a Asynctask for each
> request?? any other solutions or comment is appreciated..

Unless these polls are supposed to happen in parallel, I would single
manually-constructed background thread.

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