How to get string from a server in AsyncTask to a MainActivity?

Question

I want to show a string that I get from a server which is placed in AsyncTask (or as I call it MessageSender class) on a MainActivity textView. I know that I need to use a setText() method. I am getting the string from the server and it's shown in the console.

This is my MessageSender class:

public class MessageSender  extends AsyncTask<String, Object, String>  {
    Socket socket;
    ObjectInputStream ois;
    ObjectOutputStream oos;
    BufferedInputStream bis;
    Object player;
    String userName;
    String level;
    String input = null;

    @Override
    protected String doInBackground(String... strings) {
        userName = strings [0];
        level = strings [1];
        player =  userName +"\n" + level ;

        try {
            socket= new Socket("192.168.1.179", 8884);
            System.out.println("********************");
            System.out.println("Connected to server");
            System.out.println("********************");
            oos = new ObjectOutputStream(socket.getOutputStream());
            oos.writeObject(player);
            oos.flush();

            ois = new ObjectInputStream(socket.getInputStream());
            input = ois.readUTF();
            System.out.println(input);

        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
            //  socket.close();
        }
        return input;
    }
}

and this is my MainActivity class:

package com.example.whack_a_mole;

import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;

import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.TextView;

import com.google.android.material.button.MaterialButton;

public class MainActivity4 extends AppCompatActivity {
    private TextView textView;
    private MaterialButton newGameBtn;
    MessageSender ms=new MessageSender();


    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main4);
        textView=findViewById(R.id.first_place);
        textView.setText(ms.input);

        newGameBtn= findViewById(R.id.newGameBtn);
        newGameBtn.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View view) {
                Intent intent= new Intent(MainActivity4.this, MainActivity.class);
                startActivity(intent);
                //uppdatera listan
            }
        });

    }
}

Sergio · Answer 1 · 2022-05-20T18:56:48.650

AsyncTask becomes deprecated, consider using something else.

You can create an interface, for example call it MessageInputListener with one method onInputReceived:

public interface MessageInputListener {
    public void onInputReceived(String input);
}

Implement that interface by MainActivity4, add MessageInputListener as a parameter to MessageSender constructor, pass this in MainActivity4 when creating an instance of MessageSender and implement onPostExecute method in MessageSender:

public class MainActivity4 extends AppCompatActivity implements MessageInputListener {
        // ...
    
    MessageSender ms = new MessageSender(this);

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        // ...
        
        ms.execute(...);
    }

    @Override
    public void onInputReceived(String input) {
        textView.setText(input);
    }
}

public class MessageSender  extends AsyncTask<String, Object, String>  {
    //...
    private MessageInputListener mListener;
    public MessageSender(MessageInputListener listener) {
        mListener = listener;
    }

    @Override
    protected void onPostExecute(String message) {
        if (mListener != null) {
            mListener.onInputReceived(message)
        }
    }
}

How to get string from a server in AsyncTask to a MainActivity?

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