On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 6:15 PM, Kostya Vasilyev <[email protected]> wrote: > Hold on a second. > > Calling start() on a thread surely keeps a reference somewhere that would > prevent the thread from being GC'd while it's still running.
I would hope it doesn't but this is Java so yeah, possibly. One thing I know though is that the GC is quite happy to collect for instance an active MediaPlayer if you don't keep a reference to it - and this is a much higher-level class where behind-the-scenes global/static bookkeeping is more likely than with a simple low-level Thread class... -- 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
