Android Thread modify EditText

Question

I am having a problem with modifying EditText in another function started by the thread:

Thread thRead = new Thread( new Runnable(){
    public void run(){
          


        

Answer 1

Except runOnUiThread() (which works), there is also another way, which I know of:

Define a handler in your UI (Activity) class:

public class MainActivity extends Activity {

.....

    Handler uiThreadHandler = new Handler() {
        public void handleMessage(Message msg) {
            Object o = msg.obj;
            if (o==null) o = "";
            TextView textIn = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.textin);
            textIn.setText(o.toString());
        }
    };

}

and from inside some thread you can call it:

Message msg = uiThreadHandler.obtainMessage();
msg.obj = "Text for EditView";
uiThreadHandler.sendMessage(msg);