Create a background task in IntelliJ plugin

Question

I\'m developing an IntelliJ-idea plugin and want to run code in background task (visible in the background tasks dialog and in another thread than the UI).

I found the f

Answer 1

Here is the general solution

ApplicationManager.getApplication().executeOnPooledThread(new Runnable() {
    public void run() {
        ApplicationManager.getApplication().runReadAction(new Runnable() {
            public void run() {
            // do whatever you need to do
            }
        });
    }
});