Android: Create a background thread that runs periodically and does UI tasks?

Question

OK, so I know how to do a backround task, I know how to do a periodic task (using handle postdelayed and runnable), I also know how to do UI task from background thread (via

Answer 1

Maybe you are better of, creating a seperate (Intent)Service and calling it periodically with postDelayed. Create a BroadcastReceiver in your Activity and handle UI changes there.

Another hint for handling UI changes from other threads: It is not possible. Therefore you need to call runOnUiThread. Here is how to use it