Examples of AsyncTask (deprecated) usage in production apps?

AsyncTask was commonly used in Android applications for performing background operations and updating the UI thread. Here’s a simple example of how it was used in production applications before it was deprecated.

// Example usage of AsyncTask in an Android app private class DownloadFileTask extends AsyncTask { protected String doInBackground(String... urls) { String result = ""; // Simulate downloading a file for (String url : urls) { // Logic for downloading the file // This could involve network operations // Simulate progress publishProgress(50); } return result; } protected void onProgressUpdate(Integer... progress) { // Update UI with the progress progressBar.setProgress(progress[0]); } protected void onPostExecute(String result) { // Handle the result of the background processing textView.setText(result); } }

AsyncTask Android development background processing UI thread deprecated