[Android] [PATCH 1/2] VLCApplication: deprecate runBackground

[Geoffrey Métais]

What's the point?

We specifically created a threadpool to not do such heavy operations for
list display and other loop operations.

On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 11:11 PM Thomas Guillem <thomas at gllm.fr> wrote:

> ---
>  vlc-android/src/org/videolan/vlc/VLCApplication.java | 7 +++++++
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/vlc-android/src/org/videolan/vlc/VLCApplication.java
> b/vlc-android/src/org/videolan/vlc/VLCApplication.java
> index 613fd86..d501133 100644
> --- a/vlc-android/src/org/videolan/vlc/VLCApplication.java
> +++ b/vlc-android/src/org/videolan/vlc/VLCApplication.java
> @@ -165,10 +165,17 @@ public class VLCApplication extends Application {
>          return sTV || mSettings.getBoolean("tv_ui", false);
>      }
>
> +    /*
> +     * @deprecated
> +     * Use an Android AsyncTask instead. This class allows to perform
> background operations and
> +     * publish results on the UI thread without having to manipulate
> threads and/or handlers.
> +     */
> +    @Deprecated
>      public static void runBackground(Runnable runnable) {
>          instance.mThreadPool.execute(runnable);
>      }
>
> +    @Deprecated
>      public static boolean removeTask(Runnable runnable) {
>          return instance.mThreadPool.remove(runnable);
>      }
> --
> 2.8.1
>
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