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Android Build a Blog Reader Android App Adapting Data for Display in a List Finishing Our AsyncTask

Posted by Jery Althaf
Jery Althaf
5,818 Points

I am getting repeated error for this onPostExecute assignment?

import android.os.AsyncTask;
import android.os.Bundle;

public class CustomActivity extends Activity {

    public String mStatus;

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_custom);
        CustomAsyncTask task = new CustomAsyncTask();
        task.execute();
    }

    protected void updateStatusLabel() {
        super.updateStatusLabel();
    }

    protected class CustomAsyncTask extends AsyncTask<Object, Void, JSONObject> {   
        @Override
        protected JSONObject doInBackground(Object... params) {
            // Imagine this is some code to do some work
            JSONObject jsonResponse = null;
                       return jsonResponse;
        }
    @Override
        protected void onPostExecute(JSONObject result) {

        }


    }
}

I have added the onPostExecute and made changes from String to JSONObject. Still it doesnt work ?

CustomActivity.java 
import android.os.AsyncTask;
import android.os.Bundle;

public class CustomActivity extends Activity {

    public String mStatus;

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_custom);
        CustomAsyncTask task = new CustomAsyncTask();
        task.execute();
    }

    protected void updateStatusLabel() {
        super.updateStatusLabel();
    }

    protected class CustomAsyncTask extends AsyncTask<Object, Void, JSONObject> {   
        @Override
        protected JSONObject doInBackground(Object... params) {
            // Imagine this is some code to do some work
            JSONObject jsonResponse = null;
      return jsonResponse;
        }
    @Override
        protected void onPostExecute(JSONObject result) {

        }


    }
}
Ernest Grzybowski
Ernest Grzybowski
Treehouse Project Reviewer

What error are you getting exactly?

1 Answer

Jery Althaf
Jery Althaf
5,818 Points
Jery Althaf
Jery Althaf
5,818 Points

./CustomActivity.java:20: error: cannot find symbol protected class CustomAsyncTask extends AsyncTask { ^ symbol: class JSONObject location: class CustomActivity ./CustomActivity.java:22: error: cannot find symbol protected JSONObject doInBackground(Object... params) { ^ symbol: class JSONObject location: class CustomActivity.CustomAsyncTask ./CustomActivity.java:28: error: cannot find symbol protected void onPostExecute(JSONObject result) { ^ symbol: class JSONObject location: class CustomActivity.CustomAsyncTask ./CustomActivity.java:24: error: cannot find symbol JSONObject jsonResponse = null; ^ symbol: class JSONObject location: class CustomActivity.CustomAsyncTask 4 errors