I take it you don't already have a bg thread, or you wouldn't have the problem?
The cute way of loading data in the background is to use a service. The simple way is to use a Handler, as Peter suggested. In the handler task, you create a new thread that does the http stuff. If the user needs to wait for the data to display anyway, I think you can prevent the timeout from happening by using a progress bar. On Aug 4, 1:07 am, "droidin.net" <bost...@gmail.com> wrote: > In my app I have to load external page into WebView-based activity. > Some of my users with slower connections are reporting screen timeout > while waiting for the page to load. What would be a good way of > loading the page on backgorund thread and then refreshing the screen? > Use HttpClient to fetch it and then use WebView#loadData? My fear is - > the page I'm loading is pretty complicated there's some JS that > happens on load - wouldn't I just mess it up? Is there an alternative > way of doing what I need? > > Thanks, > > Bo --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
