In the main activity, I have a handler running on a separate thread. I need to send a message to that handler periodically without blocking the ui main thread..How would I do that?
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In the main activity, I have a handler running on a separate thread. I need to send a message to that handler periodically without blocking the ui main thread..How would I do that?
For a generic Java answer, check out timers: http://download.oracle.com/javase/1.4.2/docs/api/java/util/Timer.html
For an Android-specific answer, check out AsyncTask: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/AsyncTask.html