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Android Threads and Services Threads in Android Extending Thread

Nathan Pickard
Nathan Pickard
10,950 Points
Posted by Nathan Pickard
Nathan Pickard
10,950 Points

Trouble creating inner class

After submitting my code I'm getting an error that I should have a new inner class. What should I fix here? Thanks!

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

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

      class TwitterThread extends Thread {
        @Override
        public void run() {
          twitterClient.update();
        }
      }

      TwitterThread t = new TwitterThread();
      t.setName("TwitterThread");
      t.start();
    }
}

1 Answer

Kourosh Raeen
Kourosh Raeen
23,733 Points
Kourosh Raeen
Kourosh Raeen
23,733 Points

Hi Nathan - The inner class should be outside the onCreate() method.

Nathan Pickard
Nathan Pickard
10,950 Points
Nathan Pickard
Nathan Pickard
10,950 Points

Hi Kourosh,

That did the trick! It makes sense to call an inner class from outside onCreate(). Thank you