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Re: Threads and UI in Android

From	Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject	Re: Threads and UI in Android
Followup-To	comp.lang.java.programmer
Date	2011-04-04 18:48 +1200
Organization	Geek Central
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In message <8vt2tjFcvhU1@mid.individual.net>, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax wrote:

> Where linkAPI.updateIncomingData(packetStr); is the offending bit since
> it triggers updates on the UI thread.
> 
> That would be where I use runOnUiThread()?

OK, if it’s running in an endless loop, I guess that’s not suitable for an 
AsyncTask.

I believe the recommended mechanism for posting actions back to the UI 
thread is via a Handler 
<http://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/Handler.html>: create 
this from the UI thread, pass it to the background thread, and the latter 
can use the post method to send back a Runnable to be executed.

By the way, note that faceless background threads can be killed at any time.

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Threads and UI in Android Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bruere@gmail.com> - 2011-04-03 19:16 +0100
  Re: Threads and UI in Android Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bruere@gmail.com> - 2011-04-03 20:27 +0100
    Re: Threads and UI in Android Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-04-04 10:16 +1200
      Re: Threads and UI in Android markspace <-@.> - 2011-04-03 17:51 -0700
        Re: Threads and UI in Android "John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2011-04-03 21:50 -0400
        Re: Threads and UI in Android Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bruere@gmail.com> - 2011-04-04 06:23 +0100
          Re: Threads and UI in Android Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-04-04 18:48 +1200
            Re: Threads and UI in Android markspace <-@.> - 2011-04-04 17:31 -0700
          Re: Threads and UI in Android Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bruere@gmail.com> - 2011-04-04 19:18 +0100
            Re: Threads and UI in Android markspace <-@.> - 2011-04-04 14:54 -0700
              Re: Threads and UI in Android Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bruere@gmail.com> - 2011-04-04 23:41 +0100
                Re: Threads and UI in Android markspace <-@.> - 2011-04-04 16:29 -0700
                Re: Threads and UI in Android Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bruere@gmail.com> - 2011-04-05 00:32 +0100
                Re: Threads and UI in Android markspace <-@.> - 2011-04-04 17:27 -0700
                Re: Threads and UI in Android Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bruere@gmail.com> - 2011-04-05 01:30 +0100
                Re: Threads and UI in Android Steve Sobol <sjsobol@JustThe.net> - 2011-04-04 18:53 -0700
                Re: Threads and UI in Android Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bruere@gmail.com> - 2011-04-05 03:19 +0100
                Re: Threads and UI in Android Steve Sobol <sjsobol@JustThe.net> - 2011-04-04 23:04 -0700
                Re: Threads and UI in Android Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bruere@gmail.com> - 2011-04-05 08:04 +0100
    Re: Threads and UI in Android markspace <-@.> - 2011-04-03 17:29 -0700

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