Nivek wrote: > I am wondering if we have to explicitely code the remote querries in a > separate thread, or even do it in a separate service, to avoid freezes > of the home screen (this happens a lot on my htc magic).
http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2009/04/introducing-home-screen-widgets-and.html The above blog post shows using app widgets where the real work is being done by a separate service. To have the work be done on a background thread in that separate service, have your service extend IntentService and override onHandleIntent() rather than onStart(). You can see an example of this technique here: http://github.com/commonsguy/cw-advandroid/tree/master/AppWidget/TwitterWidget/ 99% of the time, you want to do any sort of "remote queries" on a background thread. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://twitter.com/commonsguy Android App Developer Books: http://commonsware.com/books -- 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
