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copied!<p>I have an activity which checks username availability via .net web services, I need to show a 'please wait' message during the call as it can take a second or two - I have experimented with AsyncTask and Threading but the problem I have is I actually want to block the main (and only) thread until the web service call has completed as I am depending on the result from it to process other logic.</p> <p>I have tried allsorts but no joy - can anyone help please?</p> <p>As requested, here is a section of my code :</p> <pre><code>private OnClickListener RegistrationListener = new OnClickListener() { public void onClick(View v) { ClearFieldHighlighting(); if (ValidateData()) { if (IsOnline()) { if (UsernameIsAvailable()) { try { iNETUserID = CreateOnlineUser(); } catch (Exception e) { } </code></pre> <p>..more code.. }</p> <p>Here is the 'UsernameIsAvailable' function :</p> <p>public boolean UsernameIsAvailable() {</p> <pre><code> Boolean bUsernameIsAvailable = false; SoapObject request = new SoapObject(TA.sNAMESPACE, TA.METHOD_IsUsernameAvailable); request.addProperty("sUsername", sEmail); SoapSerializationEnvelope envelope = new SoapSerializationEnvelope( SoapEnvelope.VER11); envelope.dotNet = true; envelope.setOutputSoapObject(request); HttpTransportSE androidHttpTransport = new HttpTransportSE( TA.WEBSERVICES_URL); try { androidHttpTransport.call(TA.SOAP_ACTION_IsUsernameAvailable, envelope); SoapObject thisresponse = (SoapObject) envelope.bodyIn; for (int i = 0; i < thisresponse.getPropertyCount(); i++) { Object obj = thisresponse.getProperty(i); SoapPrimitive soapPrimitive = (SoapPrimitive) obj; bUsernameIsAvailable = Boolean.parseBoolean(soapPrimitive .toString()); } } catch (Exception e) { } return bUsernameIsAvailable; } </code></pre> <p>I am using KSoap2 which is an external jar file to handle the web service stuff</p> <p>Thanks Mike</p>

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