I have a thread containing a runnable. I need this to loop infinitely unless cancelled by the user. I have no idea how to go about this. All help is greatly appreciated. Cheers.

What is the essence of allowing the user to create thread by extending the Thread class when we can achieve the same functionality by implementing Runnable and pass it to the Thread constructor.

I'm learning how to use threads in Android, and to do that I've made a small application that plays a series of notes. The idea is that there is a start button and an end button and that (obviously...

Can I use one handler in my Activity for all runnables or should I have multiple instances of Handler, each for one runnable?

My Android app employs a particularly big computation which keeps crashing the system because it is on the UI thread in the Activity. I have little confidence in multithreading and so I want to get...

Somehow it doesn't work, according to me it should be this: public void Splash(){ Timer timer= new Timer(); timer.schedule(new TimerTask(){ MexGame.this.runOnUiThread(new Runnable() { publ...

Consider this class, AnimationThread: class AnimationThread implements Runnable { public void pause() { doAnimation = false; } public void doStart(){ doAnimation = true; } @Override publ...

I am trying to update my UI in FirstActivity when I receive a notification but is confused by runOnUiThread , Runnable and Handler. Here is what I have: I am running FirstActivity and NotificationS...

I am trying to implement a queue of runnables to be executed one after another(meaning the next in the queue will execute after the other has completed) during an asynchronous task. I wrote a Manag...

What are the differences between these methods (classes)? I want to run a app that runs every 5 seconds, clear the memory when it is finished and when the cpu is in standby mode, that you can run ...

I have written the following code: import java.util.Calendar; import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor; import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit; class Voter { public static void main...

I am learning via a book and it gives me this example: Handler handler=new Handler() { @Override public void handleMessage(Message msg) { bar.incrementProgressBy(5); } }; and Thread ...

I'm using the java's Future class to execute a task, but the method isDone returns true if the task completed. Completion may be due to normal termination, an exception, or cancellation -- in all o...

Why we need to pass the runnable instance while creating the threads using the Runnable interface?

I don't know how to make a Return on a Runnable Method (or w/this particular method). I may have the idea wrong to(?). Any help? thnx! *This is continued/related from this post. But thought it cou...

I want to hand over a small Java app as a runnable jar but I do not want anybody to have access to my source code. Am I right in presuming that there is no source code (.java files) included with a...

I'm currently taking a course in Java and I've run into some confusing code. Example: Runnable runnable = new Runnable() { public void run() { //doStuff } }; I don't really get what this ...

I have the following : Runnable done = new Runnable() { public void run() { System.out.println("Hello"); } }; And then in my Android activity I'll call something like : runOnUIThre...

I am writing an application for Android and am using worker threads to process certain information. Having read through my code I am now unsure if it is thread safe. I have written a simplified ve...

I am trying to get the FacesContext by calling FacesContext.getCurrentInstance() in the run() method of a Runnable class, but it returns null. public class Task implements Runnable { @Override ...