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Asynchronous Tasks with Android

Asynchronous Tasks with Android. Android Montreal, le 01/09/2010. Anthony Dahanne, Ing Jr identi.ca/twitter : @anthonydahanne blog : http://blog.dahanne.net. Content. Why should I care about multi threading ? What are the options ? AsyncTasks to the rescue ! AsyncTask API : the lifecycle

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Asynchronous Tasks with Android

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  1. Asynchronous Tasks with Android Android Montreal, le 01/09/2010 Anthony Dahanne, Ing Jr identi.ca/twitter : @anthonydahanne blog : http://blog.dahanne.net

  2. Content Why should I care about multi threading ? What are the options ? AsyncTasks to the rescue ! AsyncTask API : the lifecycle AsyncTask API : real life example (demo) Q&A

  3. Why should I care about threading ? Remote calls (Http) Intense computing (media manipulation) One thread = Frustrated user !

  4. Why should I care about threading ? Remote calls (Http) Intense computing (media manipulation) Many threads = Happy user

  5. What are the options ? Handler based API : Activity.runOnUiThread(Runnable) View.post(Runnable) View.postDelayed(Runnable, long) And .... Handler ! (android.os.Handler) Or you can try THE REAL THING !

  6. AsyncTasks to the rescue ! Asynctask API : Something doInBackground(String... params) { return null; } protected void onPreExecute() { } protected void onPostExecute(Something b) { } protected void onProgressUpdate(Ty... values) { } The best way to round kick your threads !

  7. Asynchronous Tasks : the lifecycle

  8. AsyncTask : real life example

  9. The end ! Q&A !

  10. References AsyncTasksDemo http://github.com/anthonydahanne/asynctasksdemo G2Android, the Gallery2 client for Android http://code.google.com/p/g2android/ Painless threading, by Romain Guy http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2009/05/painless-threading.html Multithreading For Performance, by Gilles Debunne http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2010/07/multithreading-for-performance.html Photos : Slide 5 : http://www.flickr.com/photos/miggs43/4478547596/ Slide 6 :http://itsguycode.com/images/stories/chuck-norris/chuck-norris-thumbs-up.jpg Video : Slide 9 : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hZrXdJ-ibo&NR=1

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