So, there´s nothing to worry about then!
Thanks for your answers and help!

On 13 mar, 15:42, Streets Of Boston <[email protected]> wrote:
> Like Mark said, AsyncTasks use a pool of threads that manages itself.
>
> An AsyncTask is NOT a thread. It uses a pool of threads to execute a
> task on. It is based on the FutureTasks and ExecutorService of the
> java.util.concurrent package.
>
> When you create a new AsyncTask, you don't create a new thread. You
> create a unit of work (a task) that will run on one thread chosen from
> a pool of threads. This pool has a fixed size and won't grow (this
> means that if you create tons of AsyncTasks, faster than they finish,
> some of these AsyncTasks will wait until a thread from the pool
> becomes available).
>
> On Mar 13, 12:26 pm, Gabriel Simões <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Hello,
>
> > Today, while debugging and app that uses AsyncTask to record audio and
> > update UI I noticed that everytime that an AsyncTask object ends
> > running (finishes doInBackground() and onPostExecute() or
> > onCancelled()) it´s thread stays alive (running status).
> > At least for me that should not be the behavior of the class since the
> > doInBackground task may not stay running forever (as an example the
> > android manual says that a status bar should be updated by an
> > asynctask, and it won´t last for the whole app running time).
>
> > Is there anything I´m missing, as a method to destroy it, or should I
> > just ignore and keep creating threads as I need and the VM will handle
> > them as it needs resources?
>
> > Thank you,
> > Gabriel Simões- Ocultar texto das mensagens anteriores -
>
> - Mostrar texto das mensagens anteriores -

-- 
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google
Groups "Android Developers" group.
To post to this group, send email to [email protected]
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to
[email protected]
For more options, visit this group at
http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en

Reply via email to