Why Doesn't My Toast Show Up?

My toast doesn't show up until after the file has completed downloading (I commented the download function). Any ideas why? public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { su

Solution 1:

I think when you do toast.show() you are requesting that the UI thread display a toast message. It doesn't necessarily execute immediatley. You are then performing a long running operation in the UI thread by doing a file download. This will block the UI until it completes. I would move your file download into an AsyncTask so that it does not hang the UI.