Make an asynchronous call in a separate thread. - Android android.os

Android examples for android.os:AsyncTask

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Description

Make an asynchronous call in a separate thread.

Demo Code

// Copyright 2008 Google Inc. All Rights Reserved.
//package com.java2s;
import android.os.Handler;

public class Main {
    /**/* w w w .j a  va2 s  .  com*/
     * Make an asynchronous call in a separate thread.
     * @param call a {@link Runnable} to run in the thread.
     */
    public static void runAsynchronously(final Runnable call) {
        Thread thread = new Thread(call);
        thread.start();
    }

    /**
     * Make an asynchronous call in a separate thread, with a callback that's run on the current
     * Android UI thread.
     * @param androidUIHandler  the Handler from the current Android context
     * @param call a {@link Runnable} to run in the thread.
     * @param callback a {@Link Runnable) to run in the Android UI thread when the call above returns
     */
    public static void runAsynchronously(final Handler androidUIHandler,
            final Runnable call, final Runnable callback) {
        Runnable runnable = new Runnable() {
            public void run() {
                call.run();
                if (callback != null) {
                    androidUIHandler.post(new Runnable() {
                        public void run() {
                            callback.run();
                        }
                    });
                }
            }
        };
        Thread thread = new Thread(runnable);
        thread.start();
    }
}

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