They are both build on top of Thread, but easier to use, especially in conjunction with the rest of the Android framework.
On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 8:52 PM, Pratik Prajapati <[email protected] > wrote: > Hi All, > > Android documentation says that "consider > usingAsyncTask<http://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/AsyncTask.html> > or > HandlerThread<http://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/HandlerThread.html>, > instead of the traditional > Thread<http://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Thread.html> > class" > > Any specific reason for this? Is it like " HanderThread" is just > simpler implantation or also provides better performance? > > -- > Kind Regards, > Pratik Prajapati > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer [email protected] 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 [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
