They really are fairly different. Loaders are managed AsyncTasks. AsyncTasks are (pretty much) managed Runnables. Use loaders if you can.
See: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15463146/is-using-asynctask-still-recommended-for-loading-listview-items-in-the-backgroun/15463279#15463279 -blake On Tuesday, March 19, 2013 5:33:50 PM UTC-7, littledot wrote: > > Android concurrency has always bugged me... > > These are all methods to achieve essentially the same thing: > mutli-threading > > *I honestly don't see much difference between them*, except the amount of > code you need to write...... > > > > Which methods do you use? > > Are there certain situations where you prefer one method over the other? > > Or do you stick to one method and use it as a rule-of-thumb? > > > > Thanks for reading. > -- -- 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 unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
