Efficient Android Threading: Asynchronous Processing Techniques for Android Applications - Softcover

Goransson, Anders

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1449364136 ISBN 13: 9781449364137

Publisher: O′Reilly, 2014

Synopsis

Multithreading is essential if you want to create an Android app with a great user experience, but how do you know which techniques can help solve your problem? This practical book describes many asynchronous mechanisms available in the Android SDK, and provides guidelines for selecting the ones most appropriate for the app you’re building.

Author Anders Goransson demonstrates the advantages and disadvantages of each technique, with sample code and detailed explanations for using it efficiently. The first part of the book describes the building blocks of asynchronous processing, and the second part covers Android libraries and constructs for developing fast, responsive, and well-structured apps.

• Understand multithreading basics in Java and on the Android platform
• Learn how threads communicate within and between processes
• Use strategies to reduce the risk of memory leaks
• Manage the lifecycle of a basic thread
• Run tasks sequentially in the background with HandlerThread
• Use Java’s Executor Framework to control or cancel threads
• Handle background task execution with AsyncTask and IntentService
• Access content providers with AsyncQueryHandler
• Use loaders to update the UI with new data

About this title

About the Author

Anders Goransson is a Senior Consultant at a leading software technology company in Malmo, Sweden, where he specializes in the Android platform. Anders has been working with applications on Android ever since the first release of the Android platform as developer, architect, mentor and now teacher in threading and concurrency.

Edition details

• Publisher: O′Reilly
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1449364136
• ISBN 13: 9781449364137
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 280