I don't remember offhand, but the code might just be like that, it's supposed to be a simple example. There's an easy way to find out. Take your debugger, put a breakpoint on that line of the code and find out what thread you're in!
kris On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 11:20 AM, RLScott <[email protected]> wrote: > I am trying to understand the Bluetooth example given in the Android > Developer docs and I am wondering about this issue: > > The example shows a "ConnectedThread" class which extends the standard > Thread class. There is a custom constructor and a run() method which > executes in the newly-created thread, managing the input stream. But > this ConnectedThread class also exposes another method - write(byte[] > bytes), which is supposed to be called from the main UI thread. But > doesn't the code in this methods actually execute in the main UI > thread? If so, then why does write(byte[] bytes) look like this: > > /* Call this from the main Activity to send data to the remote > device */ > public void write(byte[] bytes) { > try { > mmOutStream.write(bytes); > } catch (IOException e) { } > } > > and are told that mmOutStream.write() is a blocking call. So why does > the official Bluetooth sample show the main UI calling a blocking > method, unless this code is somehow executed by the worker thread. > But I thought that only the code within the run() method is executed > in the worker thread. Can someone clear up this confusion for me? > > -- > 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
