Android Programming Tutorials

Sitting in the Background

Figure 18. The Run Long Task menu item

Step #4: Manage the Progress Bar.......................................................

Finally, we need to actually make use of the progress indicator. This

involves making it visible when we start our long-running task, updating it

as the task proceeds, and hiding it again when the task is complete.

First, make it visible by updating onOptionsItemSelected() to show it:

@Override

public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {

if (item.getItemId()==R.id.toast) {

String message="No restaurant selected";

if (current!=null) {

message=current.getNotes();

}

Toast.makeText(this, message, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();

return(true);

}

else if (item.getItemId()==R.id.run) {

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