What’s the difference between Activity.runOnUiThread and View.post, could someone, please, explain?
What’s the difference between Activity.runOnUiThread and View.post , could someone, please, explain?
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What’s the difference between Activity.runOnUiThread and View.post, could someone, please, explain?
There is no real difference, except that the
View.postis helpful when you don’t have a direct access to the activity.In both cases, if not on UI thread,
Handler#post(Runnable)will be called behind the scenes.As CommonsWare mentioned in the comment, there is a difference between the two – when called on Ui thread,
Activity#runOnUiThreadwill call therunmethod directly, whileView#postwill post therunnableon the queue (e.g. call theHandler#post)The important point IMO is that both have the same goal, and for whoever use it, there should be no difference (and the implementation may change in the future).