Best practices for implementing AsyncTask (deprecated)?

Discover the best practices for implementing AsyncTask in Android applications. Although AsyncTask has been deprecated, understanding its principles can help with transitioning to more modern solutions.

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// Example of AsyncTask Implementation private class DownloadFilesTask extends AsyncTask { protected Long doInBackground(URL... urls) { int count = urls.length; long totalSize = 0; for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) { totalSize += downloadFile(urls[i]); // Publishing the progress publishProgress((int) ((i / (float) count) * 100)); } return totalSize; } protected void onProgressUpdate(Integer... progress) { // Update the UI with the progress setProgressPercent(progress[0]); } protected void onPostExecute(Long result) { // Execute after background work is done showDialog("Downloaded " + result + " bytes"); } private long downloadFile(URL url) { // Simulating file download... return 1024; // return size as an example } }

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