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CS 436 Lecture 6 – Blocking and the UI Thread

September 18, 2014 by Chris Johnson. Filed under cs436, fall 2014, lectures.

Before Class

Blu

• Watch http://youtu.be/0X0-HhEaWWQ.
• Read the AsyncTask documentation (http://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/AsyncTask.html).
• Read AsyncTasks Missteps (http://www.shanekirk.com/2012/04/asynctask-missteps).

Gold

• Watch http://youtu.be/pDUrxeD62V4.
• Read Grand Central Dispatch In-Depth Part 1 (http://www.raywenderlich.com/60749/grand-central-dispatch-in-depth-part-1).

In Class

I’ve not seen any premortems yet. Get cracking!

Haiku