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

Tue Mar 29 08:58:21 EDT 2011

Hi Jon

I am delving into AsyncTask because the java source code I am porting
uses it, and I currently don't have a good reference for how to port
this.  That note that this maps to Threading.Tasks on its own could help
me to identify the correct conversion and side-step this issue, if it is
known to be a good equivalent.  Does anyone have any pointers,
references, notes, etc. that might assist such a conversion project?

Thanks folks,

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From: Jon Dick [mailto:jondick at gmail.com] 
Sent: 29 March 2011 1:52 PM
To: monodroid at lists.ximian.com
Cc: James Burton
Subject: Re: [mono-android] AsyncTask issues and port of Andengine to
monodroid (Andengine.net)

Is there any reason you specifically need the AsyncTask?

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

---
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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