Android - Passing View from Activity to AsyncTask class

Issue

MainActivity.java:

private class NetCheck extends AsyncTask<String, Void, Boolean> {
    @Override
    protected Boolean doInBackground(String... args) {
        return cd.isConnectingToInternet();
    }

    protected void onPostExecute(Boolean th) {
        if (th == true) {
            new RemoteLoader(MainActivity.this).execute();
        }
    }
}

RemoteLoader.java:

public class RemoteLoader extends AsyncTask<Void, Void, Void>{
    private View view;

    public RemoteLoader(View context){
        this.view = view;
    }

    @Override
    protected Void doInBackground(Void... Pages) {
             // do in bg
    }

    @Override
    protected void onPostExecute(Void result) {
        // Set title into TextView
        TextView txttitle = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.txtProtip);
        txttitle.setText(protip);
    }

}

I'm trying to execute RemoteLoader class from MainActivity. But in RemoteLoader contains something that needs to inflate the Main layout.

How do I pass the Layout from MainActivity to RemoteLoader in this case?

Solution

pass an Activity to the RemoteLoader instead of View as follows

private WeakReference<Activity> activity;

public RemoteLoader(Activity context){
    this.activity = new WeakReference<Activity>(context);
}

Update: Using weak reference to prevent possible memory leaks.

Answered By - Dehan Wjiesekara