Best way to periodically executing AsyncTasks in Android

Question

I am getting data from the server using AsyncTask. I need to update the data periodically.

Whats the best way to do it?

Answer 1

You could use Timer class to schedule periodic task using TimerTask instead of AsyncTask

See :

http://developer.android.com/reference/java/util/Timer.html

http://developer.android.com/reference/java/util/TimerTask.html

And to update your UI you should follow this good tutorial :

http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2007/11/stitch-in-time.html

Answer 2

Set an alarm with AlarmManager and call your AsyncTask in your AlarmReceiver class.