Android In Eclipse - Invoke File Writer Class In Background

When I click the button (btnPrintTardy) I need to generate a .txt file of whatever i have entered into a txtbox (editText1). This is my File Writer java class. import android.app.A

Solution 1:

I would recommend using an AsyncTask for this background work instead of implementing as a separate activity: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/AsyncTask.html

Then, instead of sending an Intent, you just call:

EditTexttxtData= (EditText) findViewById(R.id.editText1);
FileWriterTasktask=newFileWriterTask();
task.execute(txtData.getText().toString());

publicclassFileWriterTaskextendsAsyncTask<String, Void, Void> {
  @Overrideprotected Void doInBackground(String... params) {
    // Do your filewriting here. The text should now be in params[0]
  }
}

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