Agreed. If the service is local, you can just direct Java method calls to communicate, either your own scheme, or these guys:
http://developer.android.com/reference/java/util/Observable.html But a direct Java method call won't switch threads for you. For posting an event to the UI thread, your options are limited, because the UI thread's loop is already implemented inside the Android framework. Handler is one of those options, and you might as well use it in the opposite direction as well, going from the UI thread to the worker thread. An nice property of Handler is that it works with Message objects, which can contain useful payload, including a plain Java object (no need to serlialize, etc., as long as you're within the same process). Here is a HandlerThread snippet from my current project: http://pastebin.com/kpSFH6Ke Clients call submitWorkItem on the UI thread, which processes them one by one in onWorkItem(), on the worker thread. -- Kostya 2011/5/27 Streets Of Boston <[email protected]> > Yes, that's possible. You'd have to take care of the threading issues, > though (avoiding race conditions or deadlocks, etc). > > -- > 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 > -- 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
