Question

when i run

msgcheck.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {            
        @Override
        public void onClick(View v) {

            if(msgcheck.isChecked()){
                //hedearMsg


                final Dialog dialog = new Dialog(this);
                dialog.requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);
                dialog.getWindow().setBackgroundDrawable(new ColorDrawable(android.graphics.Color.TRANSPARENT));
                dialog.setContentView(R.layout.custommsg);
                dialog.setCancelable(true);
                dialog.show();

                Thread t = new Thread() {
                  public void run() {
                     // Do something on another thread
                      PopulatePeopleList();

                  }
                };
                t.run();

        }
    });

my program hang a few second and then show dialog
i want run this dialog without hanging and PopulatePeopleListfunc work anyone idea?

Answer 1

Threads are started with start, not run:

Thread t = new Thread() {
    public void run() {
        // Do something on another thread
        PopulatePeopleList();
    }
};
t.start();

run will just call the run method sequentially on the main thread.