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You're reading from Asynchronous Android As an Android developer you know you're in a competitive marketplace. This book can give you the edge by guiding you through the concurrency constructs and proper use of AsyncTask to create smooth user interfaces.

Product type Paperback

Published in Dec 2013

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781783286874

Length 146 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Java

Tools

Android

Concepts

Android Development

Author (1):

Steve Liles

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Table of Contents (14) Chapters

Asynchronous Android

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Preface

1. Building Responsive Android Applications FREE CHAPTER

2. Staying Responsive with AsyncTask

3. Distributing Work with Handler and HandlerThread

4. Asynchronous I/O with Loader

5. Queuing Work with IntentService

6. Long-running Tasks with Service

7. Scheduling Work with AlarmManager

Index

Chapter 4. Asynchronous I/O with Loader

The concurrency constructs we've encountered so far have been quite general in purpose, but in this chapter we'll take a look at a construct with a more specific focus—Loader.

In this chapter we will cover the following topics:

Introducing Loaders
Building responsive apps with AsyncTaskLoader
Building responsive apps with CursorLoader
Combining Loaders
Applications of Loaders

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You're reading from Asynchronous Android As an Android developer you know you're in a competitive marketplace. This book can give you the edge by guiding you through the concurrency constructs and proper use of AsyncTask to create smooth user interfaces.

Table of Contents (14) Chapters

Chapter 4. Asynchronous I/O with Loader

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