by Jim White | May 24, 2014 | Android, From The Field, Java, Mobile
This is the last post in my series regarding Android thread communications. Parts 1 through 4 are linked in below. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 In this series, I have so far outlined four different approaches for how Android non-user interface threads can communicate...
by Jim White | May 18, 2014 | Android, From The Field, Java, Mobile
In parts 1-3 of this series, I have explored three different means for an Android non-UI thread to communicate user interface updates to the UI thread. The links below are to the series posts. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 In this fourth installment, I want to show you how to...
by Jim White | May 11, 2014 | Android, From The Field, Java, Mobile
Continuing my series on Android non-UI thread-to-UI thread communications, this post covers use of the Handler Framework to facilitate the communications. See here for Part 1 and Part 2 of the series. Non-UI threads are not allowed to make updates to the UI. Trying...
by Jim White | May 7, 2014 | Android, From The Field, Java, Mobile
This is the second part of my series of blog posts on Android non-UI thread-to-UI thread communications. See here for the start of the series. As a refresher, this series of posts is about how non-UI threads can communicate back to the UI thread in an Android...
by Jim White | May 5, 2014 | Android, From The Field, Java, Mobile
Android Non-UI to UI Thread Communications (Part 1 of 5) Android UI Thread and ANR On the Android platform, applications operate, by default, on one thread. This thread is called the UI thread. It is often called that because this single thread displays the user...