It works seamlessly like a charm. It would be nice to know if this is supported/acceptable generally.
I hope we'll get an answer from the Android guys/ladies. On Jun 26, 10:53 pm, Justin Anderson <magouyaw...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm not sure, but I doubt it... Have you tried it? Did it work? > > Thanks, > Justin Anderson > MagouyaWare Developerhttp://sites.google.com/site/magouyaware > > On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 2:27 PM, Tamás Kovács > <falcon.firebre...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > > > > > > > I know that the UI elements (View hierarchy) may only be manipulated > > from the UI thread. For a background operation, the AsyncTask can be > > used, which offers event handers to reach the UI thread. > > > To be brief, is it allowed to instantiate a View (tied to > > getApplicationContext()) in a non-UI thread? This custom View > > descendant -- once instantiated -- is added to the view hierarchy from > > the UI thread. So only the constructor call is done inside an > > Asynctask.doInBackground; its attaching (addView(...))to the > > Activity's root layout hierarchy is still done in the UI thread. > > > (I pre-instantiate the View in an asynctask because when it's needed > > in an Activity, it must be instantly displayed.) > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
