Thanks for the info, Romain. Fixed in 3.0? Do you know in which platform version this bug first appeared? My searches didn't locate a previous bug report -- but my apps did :-(
I'll revise my message: The View.post* methods are meant to be thread- safe, but they aren't prior to 3.0 Joe On Aug 9, 5:00 pm, joebowbeer <joe.bowb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Correction: As the title indicates, I meant to write "View.post*" > methods... > > On Aug 9, 4:48 pm, joebowbeer <joe.bowb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I filed a bug regarding inconsistent documentation of the Thread.post* > > methods: > > >http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=19143 > > > I'm fine with always using a Handler, as the View documentation > > stipulates, but the rest of the View documentation is scattered with > > error-prone advise to call the post* methods from non-UI threads -- > > which has led to NPEs in my own experience. > > > So I wanted to post this to the list as well as file a bug. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
