How can i kill a background task instantly?
<p>I'm starting an <code>Activity</code> with an <code>Intent</code>. This <code>Intent</code> contains a <code>Serializable</code> Object which is then sent to a server in the <code>onCreate</code> method in order to get the response to display.</p>

<p>I'd like to be able to do the following: When i close the <code>Activity</code> the task doing the web request should be destroyed, in case it hasn't finished yet.</p>

<p>I'm using a synchronous Web Request Library (Spring). So <code>AsyncTask</code>'s cancel wouldn't help since i cannot afford to loop. Is there a way to destroy an AsyncTask instantaneously?</p>
