android – Progressbar togther with asyncTask

Here is a most exhaustive example:

public class ScreenSplash extends Activity {

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(final Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.screen_splash);

        final ProgressBar progress = (ProgressBar)findViewById(R.id.progress);
        final TextView    textview = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.text);

        new MyWorker(this, progress, textview).execute();
    }
}


final class MyWorker extends AsyncTask<Void, Integer, Void> {
    private static final int titles[] = {R.string.splash_load_timezone,
                                         R.string.splash_load_memory,
                                         R.string.splash_load_genres,
                                         R.string.splash_load_channels,
                                         R.string.splash_load_content};
    private static final int progr[]  = {30, 15, 20, 25, 20};

    private int index;

    private final Activity parent;
    private final ProgressBar progress;
    private final TextView textview;

    public MyWorker(final Activity parent, final ProgressBar progress, final TextView textview) {
        this.parent = parent;
        this.progress = progress;
        this.textview = textview;
    }

    @Override
    protected void onPreExecute() {
        int max = 0;
        for (final int p : progr) {
            max += p;
        }
        progress.setMax(max);
        index = 0;
    }

    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    @Override
    protected Void doInBackground(final Void... params) {
        /* Load timezone. this is very slow - may take up to 3 seconds. */
          ...
        publishProgress();

        /* Get more free memory. */
          ...
        publishProgress();

        /* Load channels map. */
          ...
        publishProgress();

        /* Load genre names. */
          ...
        publishProgress();


        /* Preload the 1st screen's content. */
          ...
        publishProgress();

        return null;
    }

    @Override
    protected void onProgressUpdate(final Integer... values) {
        textview.setText(titles[index]);
        progress.incrementProgressBy(progr[index]);
        ++index;
    }

    @Override
    protected void onPostExecute(final Void result) {
        parent.finish();
    }
}

For shownig/hiding your progress bar use progress.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE) and progress.setVisibility(View.GONE). There is also View.INVISIBLE constant; its difference from GONE is that your progress bar is not drawn but still occupies its space (usefull for some layouts).

As for using A Progress bar from async task you can use the PostPrgressUpdate() from your doInBackground(int Progress) and in the OnProgressUpdate()method update the ProgressBar Accordingly.
As for the Show and hide of the bar I was not able to understand your question ( or the problem Please Revise)

in xml use

<ProgressBar
        android:id="@+id/progress_bar"
        style="@android:style/Widget.ProgressBar.Small"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        />

then in Asyntask

 ProgressBar mProgress=(ProgressBar) findViewById(R.id.progress_bar);

 @Override
    protected void onPostExecute(String s) {
        super.onPostExecute(s);
        mProgress.setVisibility(View.GONE);
    }