Re: [android-developers] Re: java Thread class vs Android HanderThread: which is better?

yup. got it. Thanks

On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 11:12 AM, Doug <beafdefx@gmail.com> wrote:

On Sep 7, 8:52 pm, Pratik Prajapati <pratik.prajap...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Android documentation says that "consider

> usingAsyncTask<http://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/AsyncTask.html>
>  or HandlerThread<http://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/HandlerThread.html>,
> instead of the traditional
> Thread<http://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Thread.html>

>  class"
>
> Any specific reason for this? Is it like " HanderThread" is just
> simpler implantation or also provides better performance?

HandlerThread is (surprise) a thread with a Handler attached to it to
process the messages in the thread's Looper.  If you don't need or use
a Handler for processing messages, then you don't need HandlerThread.

Doug

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Kind Regards,

Pratik Prajapati

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