There is something called Handler through which you can communicate with your UI thread http://www.developer.com/java/j2me/article.php/10934_3762056_3/Handling-Lengthy-Operations-in-Googles-Android.htm
hope this helps On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 1:58 PM, HippoMan <[email protected]> wrote: > OK. Thank you. > > So how do I interface to my UI from the new thread that I start? Once > the long-running task completes (assuming it finishes before my time- > out period), I want to notify my UI thread so it can take appropriate > action. If this was a short-running task, I could have easily used the > onPostExecute() method of AsyncTask for that purpose. > > But when running my own thread, what is the recommended way in Android > to properly communicate the results of the task to the UI thread? I > can can think of several ways to do this, but I'm sure there is a > procedure for this which is consistent with Android "best practices". > > Thanks again. > > -- > 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]<android-developers%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject. > -- 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
