On Sep 7, 8:52 pm, Pratik Prajapati <[email protected]> wrote: > Android documentation says that "consider > usingAsyncTask<http://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/AsyncTask.html> > or > HandlerThread<http://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/HandlerThread.html>, > instead of the traditional > Thread<http://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Thread.html> > class" > > Any specific reason for this? Is it like " HanderThread" is just > simpler implantation or also provides better performance?
HandlerThread is (surprise) a thread with a Handler attached to it to process the messages in the thread's Looper. If you don't need or use a Handler for processing messages, then you don't need HandlerThread. Doug -- 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
