Thanks to you both for this information, it sounds like its exactly what I was looking for. It is appreciated, thanks for your contributions to the community. I'll pay back by posting results...
On May 12, 6:41 pm, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com> wrote: > The error means that this Message object has already been posted to a > queue. It probably means that somewhere you are keeping a Message that you > received from a Handler (the Handler owns the message and will recycle it > when returning from your code), or otherwise cause a Message to get recycled > that is also being posted into a Handler. > > > > > > On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 6:04 PM, radarcg <rada...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Ok, I'm really struggling with what is likely a simple issue. All I > > really want to do is have an activity spawn a thread to do a non- > > trivial action (for now, just testing with sleep(5000) ). Then, when > > that non-trivial action completes, the thread should notify the > > activity, and the activity should present something visual, and > > proceed. Simple enough right? I'm trying to use a Handler subclass to > > which I send messages using sendMessage(). That handler subclass with > > then notify the activity. It all seems to work actually, but then when > > the thread completes, android is throwing an unhelpful exception: > > > 05-13 00:58:14.476: ERROR/JavaBinder(1073): *** Uncaught remote > > exception! (Exceptions are not yet supported across processes.) > > 05-13 00:58:14.476: ERROR/JavaBinder(1073): > > android.util.AndroidRuntimeException: { what=1004 when=4149225 > > arg2=1 } This message is already in use. > > 05-13 00:58:14.476: ERROR/JavaBinder(1073): at > > android.os.MessageQueue.enqueueMessage(MessageQueue.java:173) > > 05-13 00:58:14.476: ERROR/JavaBinder(1073): at > > android.os.Handler.sendMessageAtTime(Handler.java:457) > > 05-13 00:58:14.476: ERROR/JavaBinder(1073): at > > android.os.Handler.sendMessageDelayed(Handler.java:430) > > 05-13 00:58:14.476: ERROR/JavaBinder(1073): at > > android.os.Handler.sendMessage(Handler.java:367) > > 05-13 00:58:14.476: ERROR/JavaBinder(1073): at > > android.view.ViewRoot.windowFocusChanged(ViewRoot.java:2421) > > 05-13 00:58:14.476: ERROR/JavaBinder(1073): at > > android.view.ViewRoot$W.windowFocusChanged(ViewRoot.java:2594) > > 05-13 00:58:14.476: ERROR/JavaBinder(1073): at android.view.IWindow > > $Stub.onTransact(IWindow.java:166) > > 05-13 00:58:14.476: ERROR/JavaBinder(1073): at > > android.os.Binder.execTransact(Binder.java:287) > > 05-13 00:58:14.476: ERROR/JavaBinder(1073): at > > dalvik.system.NativeStart.run(Native Method) > > > As a seasoned Java developer, running into trouble like this so early > > in a new project is frustrating. However, I believe in Android and the > > broader Google development platforms, so I'd really like to solve > > this, but I think I need the communities help. Even just some sample > > code (skeleton apps) that demo some best practices regarding the > > threading (such as usage of HandlerThread and Looper) would be a big > > help. > > > Thanks, > > > Charles > > -- > Dianne Hackborn > Android framework engineer > hack...@android.com > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to > provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such > questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and > answer them. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---