[mono-android] AsyncTask issues and port of Andengine to monodroid (Andengine.net)

[Jon Dick]

Is there any reason you specifically need the AsyncTask?

You have the full System.Threading.Tasks available to use...

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Jon

On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 7:20 AM, James Burton <james at thetin.net> wrote:

> Hi folks
>
>
>
> I’ve noted that the AsyncTask class is apparently currently considered
> unusable, and it is unlikely to be ready before launch.  If someone can
> provide a suggestion to the best approach to substitute for this within .NET
> then this would be really useful, or if people are interested in this
> functionality then I can continue grabbing the AsyncTask source code (and
> onward references) to create an open source port.  Are there any
> suggestions, or is there any interest for this conversion as a project?
> FYI, I have converted about 2000 lines of source code in an evening towards
> this, but I am fearful of the number of onward class references that will be
> required to be converted too, so I would rather garner some interest and
> support, or an alternate approach, before I end up wasting a load of time
> attempting to convert this.
>
>
>
> If anyone is interested in the andengine port to monodroid, then it is
> available here:
> https://github.com/jamesburton/AndEngine.net
>
>
>
> We welcome any willing collaborators, and I am gaining experience with
> merges now so please ask me if you get stuck on such issues.
>
>
>
> Regards,
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