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Android Threads and Services Threads in Android Creating a Thread

Posted by Zheko Zhekov
Zheko Zhekov
537 Points

I dont know

I don't know how adding the code

MainActivity.java 
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
    TwitterClient twitterClient = new TwitterClient();

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
      setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

      twitterClient.update();

    }
}

1 Answer

LaToya Legemah
LaToya Legemah
12,600 Points
LaToya Legemah
LaToya Legemah
12,600 Points

Here is the answer. You need to put the twitterClient_Update call into the runnable constructor. Then set up a new thread, name it then start it. The code is below. :)

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
      setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

      Runnable runnable = new Runnable() {
        @Override
        public void run() {
          twitterClient.update();
        }
      };
      Thread thread = new Thread(runnable);
      thread.setName("TwitterThread");
      thread.start();
    }
}