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Start your free trialMackenzie Shonayi
23,069 PointsCant see where the error is coming from
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We've been seeing a lot of "Application Not Responding" errors with our custom Twitter app. Could you fix this by moving the 'twitterClient.update()' call to a separate Thread named 'TwitterThread'? Bummer! There is a compiler error. Please click on preview to view your syntax errors! Preview Get Help Reset Code Recheck work MainActivity.java
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public class MainActivity extends Activity {
TwitterClient twitterClient = new TwitterClient();
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
TwitterThread twitterThread = new TwitterThread();
twitterThread.setName("TwitterThread");
twitterThread.start();
}
public class TwitterThread extends Thread {
@Override
public void run() {
twitterClient.update();
}
}
}
3 Answers
Julian Garcia
18,380 PointsYou need to create your run method inside a runnable. Then you need assign that runnable to a new thread, then set the name and finally start the thread.
Runnable runnable = new Runnable() {
@Override
public void run() {
twitterClient.update();
}
};
Thread thread = new Thread(runnable);
thread.setName("TwitterThread");
thread.start();
Hope this help.
Mackenzie Shonayi
23,069 PointsIt worked thank you so much
TERRENCE MAVHUNGA
6,053 Pointsit worked
Kamran Arshad
9,312 PointsKamran Arshad
9,312 Pointsit didn't work for me I keep getting errors
./MainActivity.java:22: error: expected thread.setName("TwitterThread"); ^ ./MainActivity.java:22: error: illegal start of type thread.setName("TwitterThread"); ^ ./MainActivity.java:23: error: expected thread.start(); ^ ./MainActivity.java:22: error: package thread does not exist thread.setName("TwitterThread"); ^ ./MainActivity.java:23: error: package thread does not exist thread.start(); ^ 5 errors
public class MainActivity extends Activity { TwitterClient twitterClient = new TwitterClient();
TwitterThread twitterThread = new TwitterThread(); twitterThread.setName("TwitterThread"); twitterThread.start(); }
}