You should not use the following in your case but there is a simple way to wait for a thread to complete, it's the Thread.join() function. This should be called only in a background thread which need to synchronize with another background thread for some reason. You should (i'd say must) never call blocking functions in the main thread.
On Nov 6, 8:53 am, hackbod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://code.google.com/android/intro/appmodel.html > > The last section is on threads, though it's strongly recommended you > read the whole thing. > > On Nov 5, 9:58 pm, joshbeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
