This is an update version of Generic AsyncTask library.

This is a custom class that performs a POST call from Android App to Web Server and get the response's result back.

For the Introduction and the motivation of this library, please read https://github.com/kosalgeek/generic_asynctask. In this page, only the usage and setup will be provided.

public PostResponseAsyncTask(Context context, AsyncResponse asyncResponse)

In the previous version where this constructor has only one argument, this version of constructor needs 2 inputs. The first one is the context which is your Activity class. And the second one is the AsyncResponse interface. The big difference of this version is the second input. This input will let you make a different call to get a different response result. Even better, you can use anonymous class call here. As you can see an example below, two different tasks can have a complete different thread call to get a different result at a different time (First in, First Out):

//10.0.3.2 is the alias IP for GenyMotion
//10.0.2.2 is the alias IP for Android native Emulator
String url1 = "https://10.0.3.2/client/post.php?format=json"; 
PostResponseAsyncTask task1 = new PostResponseAsyncTask(MainActivity.this, new AsyncResponse() {
    @Override
    public void processFinish(String s) {
        Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, s, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
    }
});
task1.execute(url1);

String url2 = "https://someurl.com/read.php";
PostResponseAsyncTask task2 = new PostResponseAsyncTask(MainActivity.this, new AsyncResponse() {
    @Override
    public void processFinish(String s) {
        Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, s, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
    }
});
task.execute(url2);

To connect into a web and retrieve a text from back, this library needs you to catch all 4 exceptions: IOException, MalformedURLException, ProtocolException, and UnsupportedEncodingException. It is very crucial to catch any of them. To handle this, you can use one of methods: setEachExceptionsHandler() to handle each exception in each override method and setExceptionHandler to handle any exception. The latter one is not recommended but use it when you are lazy and you just Toast "something went wrong".

This method lets you catch all 4 exceptions. It is very recommended because you can Toast a message in each error. Below is the sample code:

PostResponseAsyncTask taskRead = new PostResponseAsyncTask(this, this);
taskRead.execute("https://someurl.com/read.php");
taskRead.setEachExceptionsHandler(new EachExceptionsHandler() {
    @Override
    public void handleIOException(IOException e) {
        Toast.makeText(ListActivity.this, "Error with internet or web server.", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
    }

    @Override
    public void handleMalformedURLException(MalformedURLException e) {
        Toast.makeText(ListActivity.this, "Error with the URL.", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
    }

    @Override
    public void handleProtocolException(ProtocolException e) {
        Toast.makeText(ListActivity.this, "Error with protocol.", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
    }

    @Override
    public void handleUnsupportedEncodingException(UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
        Toast.makeText(ListActivity.this, "Error with text encoding.", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
    }
});

This method is used to catch the root Exception class which covers all the exception. It is not recommended. You just a text "Something went wrong" to user whenever there is any exception. You can't tell which really causes the exception. So use it wisely.

PostResponseAsyncTask taskRead = new PostResponseAsyncTask(this, this);
taskRead.execute("https://someurl.com/read.php");
taskRead.setExceptionHandler(new ExceptionHandler() {
    @Override
    public void handleException(Exception e) {
        Toast.makeText(ListActivity.this, "Something went wrong.", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
    }
});

public PostResponseAsyncTask(Context context, boolean showLoadingMessage, AsyncResponse asyncResponse);

This constructor is not so different to the previous one except it has boolean showLoadingMessage where you can set false to disable the loading message. By default, it shows a loading message everytime you retrieve data. Sometimes the data is too small to retriev so you can disable the loading message to make it look better for user experience. However, I would prefer not to set it to false while even the small data can take a very long time due to a slow internet speed. So, be causious when setting it to false. Below is sample code:

String url1 = "https://someurl.com/read.php";
PostResponseAsyncTask task1 = new PostResponseAsyncTask(MainActivity.this, false, new AsyncResponse() {
    @Override
    public void processFinish(String s) {
        Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, s, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
    }
});
task1.execute(url1);

This is another important constructor. This constructor has three inputs instead of two. The first one is your Activity class; the second one is the postData where you post data as HashMap into the server; and the last one is the usual AsyncResponse. See the example below:

String url = "https://10.0.3.2/client/post.php";
HashMap postData = new HashMap();
postData.put("id", "1");
postData.put("name", "John");
PostResponseAsyncTask readTask = new PostResponseAsyncTask(MainActivity.this, postData, new AsyncResponse() {
  @Override
  public void processFinish(String s) {
    Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, s, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
  }
});
readTask.execute(url);

This is like the previous one except the third argument is where you can set false to disable loading message.

String url = "https://10.0.3.2/client/post.php";
HashMap postData = new HashMap();
postData.put("id", "1");
postData.put("name", "John");
PostResponseAsyncTask readTask = new PostResponseAsyncTask(MainActivity.this, postData, false, new AsyncResponse() {
  @Override
  public void processFinish(String s) {
    Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, s, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
  }
});
readTask.execute(url);

public PostResponseAsyncTask(Context context,
                                 String loadingMessage,
                                 AsyncResponse delegate);

The above constructor can let you customize your loadin message text while posting data.

public PostResponseAsyncTask(Context context,
                                 HashMap<String, String> postData,
                                 String loadingMessage,
                                 AsyncResponse delegate);

The above constructor can let you customize your loadin message text while posting data and retreiving data.

1. Download GenAsync.1.2.jar from this github to your local machine.
2. Go to your project in Android Studio, on a Project panel (on the left), go to app > libs. You copy the GenAsync.jar and paste it in the libs folder > Press OK if a asked message appeared.
3. Right click on the jar file > Choose Add As Library. And if you are still not sure how to do that, please check out this link https://code2care.org/pages/import-external-jars-to-android-studio-project/.
4. Try this code below:

PostResponseAsyncTask task;

5. If it shows no errors and you see import com.kosalgeek.genasync12.PostResponseAsyncTask; correctly, then you are good to go.

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