[mono-android] threads in c# vs java example, translated from mark murphy android tutorials

[Michael Isbell]

good point about thread pool. I'll change that.

I tried System.Threading.Thread and the interface wasn't quite right. Now
that I have this working, I'll take another look.



On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 11:22 AM, Jonathan Pryor <jpryor at novell.com> wrote:

> On Mar 18, 2011, at 11:59 PM, Michael Isbell wrote:
> > I'm reworking example number 8 (Threads) from Mark Murphy's Android Java
> tutorials. Got it working the first time.
>
> I suppose a question that comes up is...why use Java.Lang.Thread instead of
> System.Threading.Thread? [0]
>
> I understand that when porting code, using the same types is often easiest
> (hence Java.Lang.Thread), but for the code you provided I don't see any
> actual need to use it...
>
>  - Jon
>
> [0] For that matter, why use a Thread instead of the TPL of the ThreadPool?
> :-)
>
> OK, ThreadPool.QueueUserWorkItem() is usually intended for "short" tasks,
> and your thread isn't, but it's always something to keep in mind...
>
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Mike Isbell
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