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the weak reference idea is indeed a very smart one, this would allow the object be easily garbage collected when necessary. thumbs up samo!

Jimmy Ilenloa
– Jimmy Ilenloa

2014-02-18 14:49:52 +00:00
Commented Feb 18, 2014 at 14:49
Why static is used here ? What if I use MyFragmentActivity mActivity = this ? With out static & WeakReference

Bharath
– Bharath

2017-05-29 05:40:57 +00:00
Commented May 29, 2017 at 5:40
Static reference is pretty bad engineering, you should rather tie your asynchtask to the lifecycle and cancel when its necessary

breakline
– breakline

2018-06-06 09:10:40 +00:00
Commented Jun 6, 2018 at 9:10
A weak reference is still a dumb idea. The weak reference naming misleads a lot of people. Just to be clear; if there is a reference to a weak reference object your view will still leak even if the view is destroyed

Farid
– Farid

2022-01-17 20:21:37 +00:00
Commented Jan 17, 2022 at 20:21

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