Platform.runLater and Task in JavaFX

Question

I have been doing some research on this but I am still VERY confused to say the least.

Can anyone give me a concrete example of when to use Task and whe

Answer 1

One reason to use an explicite Platform.runLater() could be that you bound a property in the ui to a service (result) property. So if you update the bound service property, you have to do this via runLater():

In UI thread also known as the JavaFX Application thread:

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listView.itemsProperty().bind(myListService.resultProperty());
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in Service implementation (background worker):

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Platform.runLater(() -> result.add("Element " + finalI));
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