Popup in onPostExecute

Question

As the onPostExecute of an AsyncTask runs on the UIthread, it should be possible to add a PopupMenu in it. But when I do so, I get a compiler error that I don't know how to fix: The constructor PopupMenu(My.....dothedirectionTHREAD, View) is undefined

The line of code is:

PopupMenu popupMenu = new PopupMenu(this, findViewById(R.id.reset));

What am I missing?

Answer 1

Instead of this, try getApplicationContext or getBaseContext.

this in this example does nor refer to the context.

Answer 2

this refers to AsyncTask but you need Activity context. Try below or your Activity class.

PopupMenu popupMenu = new PopupMenu(MainActivity.this, findViewById(R.id.reset));

Answer 3

In this line

PopupMenu popupMenu = new PopupMenu(this, findViewById(R.id.reset));

the this pointer is referring to your AsyncTask class, which is not valid as a Context.

Assuming your AsyncTask is an inner class in your Activity, you should use something like this:

PopupMenu popupMenu = new PopupMenu(MyActivity.this, findViewById(R.id.reset));

Answer 4

I would guess, that you have to use your appcontext instead of "this" which delivers in your case the Thread and not the context.

PopupMenu popupMenu = new PopupMenu(context, findViewById(R.id.reset));

https://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/PopupMenu.html