I'm fairly new at this and just to the point where threading makes sense. So, my my main process is also considered a thread?
True --- False I write a simple HelloWorld.java program. This program has 1 thread, the main flow of execution. ? Thanks, Josh On Nov 5, 7:26 pm, hackbod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If the thread takes a while to complete, your main application thread > probably shouldn't wait for it to complete... otherwise, what's the > point of putting that work in the thread, if you're just going to > block on it at some point. > > Instead, consider using a Handler to post a message back to the main > thread when the background thread has finished its work. > > On Nov 5, 3:54 pm, joshbeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I have a function that utilizes a thread. > > > A variable the is needed for the program is populated after the thread > > call is made. > > > The thread takes a while to complete. > > > How can I make the program wait for a thread to complete before moving > > on? > > > Thanks, > > Josh Beck --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
