Re: [android-developers] Correct way to implement Activity onDestroy()?

On Tuesday, January 15, 2013 9:54:58 AM UTC-8, RichardC wrote:

Conciser holding a WeakReference to the Activity from the AsyncTask.

I would argue that this is a bad idea.  If the AT is holding the reference so that it can report a result, then, if the reference is broken, the task will have spent battery computing a useless result.  If you are willing to throw the result away, just cancel the task.

G. Blake Meike

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