Actually, I meant to write runInUIThread instead of closeLoadingDialog
in the handler.post statement
On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 3:16 PM, paulb <pbizan...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Mystique,
>
> When this code starts the thread, it then goes straight back to
> execute DoSomeTask() while the thread is running, and so most of the
> time the dialog will be shown after DoSomeTask.
>
> Maybe you meant to do something like this:
>
> ProgressDialog dialog;
>
> final Runnable runInUIThread = new Runnable() {
> public void run() {
> dialog.dismiss();
> }
> }
>
> �...@override
> public void onClick(View v) {
> // TODO Auto-generated method stub
>
> dialog = new ProgressDialog(CloseVault.this);
> dialog.setMessage("Please wait...");
> dialog.show();
>
> Thread myTask = new Thread() {
> �...@override
> public void run() {
> DoSomeTask();
> handler.post(closeLoadingDialog);
> }
> };
> myTask.start();
> }
>
>
> You are right, though, ASyncTask is a nicer way of doing it.
>
> On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 2:52 PM, Mystique <joven.ch...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I'm trying to learn AsyncTask and Thread but Thread first...
>> I am trying to display a Dialog before "DoSomeTask()" but seems like
>> the Dialog always come after DoSomeTask().
>> Did I do something wrong here?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> --- code---
>>
>> @Override
>> public void onClick(View v) {
>> // TODO Auto-generated method stub
>>
>> mainProcessing();
>> DoSomeTask();
>> }
>>
>> private void mainProcessing() {
>> Thread thread = new Thread(null, doBackgroundThreadProcessing,
>> "Background");
>> thread.start();
>> }
>>
>> private Runnable doBackgroundThreadProcessing = new Runnable() {
>> public void run() {
>> backgroundThreadProcessing();
>>
>> }
>> };
>>
>> private void backgroundThreadProcessing() {
>> handler.post(doUpdateGUI);
>> }
>>
>> private Runnable doUpdateGUI = new Runnable() {
>> public void run() {
>> updateGUI();
>> }
>> };
>>
>> private void updateGUI() {
>> final ProgressDialog dialog = new ProgressDialog(CloseVault.this);
>> dialog.setMessage("Please wait...");
>> dialog.show();
>> }
>>
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