Clarify threading when loading categories

Previously, it was not explicit that the `onCreate` happened to be invoked
in the UI thread. Now it is, due to passing `new Handler(Looper.getMainLooper())`.
Also, the categories are now loaded in a background task, and then the UI is
updated on the UI thread.
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Peter Serwylo 2016-03-07 22:46:51 +11:00
parent 7421d33c3a
commit 0f64f2c181

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@ -7,7 +7,10 @@ import android.content.res.Resources;
import android.database.ContentObserver;
import android.database.Cursor;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.os.AsyncTask;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.Handler;
import android.os.Looper;
import android.support.annotation.Nullable;
import android.support.v4.app.LoaderManager;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
@ -72,27 +75,34 @@ public class AvailableAppsFragment extends AppListFragment implements
private final ArrayAdapter<String> adapter;
CategoryObserver(ArrayAdapter<String> adapter) {
super(null);
// Using Looper.getMainLooper() ensures that the onChange method is run on the main thread.
super(new Handler(Looper.getMainLooper()));
this.adapter = adapter;
}
@Override
public void onChange(boolean selfChange) {
// Wanted to just do this update here, but android tells
// me that "Only the original thread that created a view
// hierarchy can touch its views."
final Activity activity = getActivity();
if (!isAdded() || adapter == null || activity == null) {
return;
}
activity.runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
// Because onChange is always invoked on the main thread (see constructor), we want to
// run the database query on a background thread. Afterwards, the UI is updated
// on a foreground thread.
new AsyncTask<Void, Void, List<String>>() {
@Override
public void run() {
adapter.clear();
categories = AppProvider.Helper.categories(activity);
ArrayAdapterCompat.addAll(adapter, translateCategories(categories));
protected List<String> doInBackground(Void... params) {
return AppProvider.Helper.categories(activity);
}
});
@Override
protected void onPostExecute(List<String> loadedCategories) {
adapter.clear();
categories = loadedCategories;
ArrayAdapterCompat.addAll(adapter, translateCategories(loadedCategories));
}
}.execute();
}
@Override