Index

A

• Activities
  • used, for handling alarms / Handling alarms with Activities
• activity lifecycle
  • about / The Activity lifecycle
• activity lifecycle issues, AsyncTask
  • about / Activity lifecycle issues
  • handling, with early cancellation / Handling lifecycle issues with early cancellation
  • handling, with with retained headless fragments / Handling lifecycle issues with retained headless fragments
• AlarmManager
  • alarms, scheduling with / Scheduling alarms with AlarmManager
  • alarms, cancelling / Canceling alarms
  • repeating alarms, scheduling / Scheduling repeating alarms
  • applications / Applications of AlarmManager
• alarms
  • scheduling, with AlarmManager / Scheduling alarms with AlarmManager
  • cancelling, with AlarmManager / Canceling alarms
  • repeating alarms, scheduling / Scheduling repeating alarms
  • handling / Handling alarms
  • handling, with Activities / Handling alarms with Activities
  • handling, with BroadcastReceiver / Handling alarms with BroadcastReceiver
  • handling, with services / Handling alarms with Services
• Android-specific concurrency issues
  • about / Android-specific concurrency issues
  • activity lifecycle / The Activity lifecycle
  • user interface, manipulating / Manipulating the user interface
• Android thread model
  • about / Understanding the Android thread model
  • main thread / The main thread
  • unresponsive apps / Unresponsive apps and the ANR dialog
  • ANR dialog / Unresponsive apps and the ANR dialog
  • responsiveness, maintaining / Maintaining responsiveness
  • concurrency / Concurrency in Android
  • specific concurrency constructs / Android-specific concurrency constructs
• Application Not Responding (ANR) dialog
  • about / Unresponsive apps and the ANR dialog
• applications, AsyncTask
  • about / Applications of AsyncTask
• AsyncTask
  • about / Introducing AsyncTask
  • callback methods / Introducing AsyncTask
  • types, declaring / Declaring AsyncTask types
  • executing / Executing AsyncTasks
  • feedback, providing to user / Providing feedback to the user
  • progress updates, providing / Providing progress updates
  • cancelling / Canceling AsyncTask
  • exceptions, handling / Handling exceptions
  • concurrency level, controlling / Controlling the level of concurrency
  • Executor interfaces / Controlling the level of concurrency
  • issues / Common AsyncTask issues
  • applications / Applications of AsyncTask
• AsyncTaskLoader
  • about / Building responsive apps with AsyncTaskLoader
  • used, for building responsive apps / Building responsive apps with AsyncTaskLoader

B

• BroadcastReceiver
  • about / Handling alarms with BroadcastReceiver
  • used, for handling alarms / Handling alarms with BroadcastReceiver
  • using / Doing work with BroadcastReceiver
  • goAsync, using / Doing background work with goAsync

C

• cancelLoad method
  • about / Building responsive apps with AsyncTaskLoader
• concurrency
  • about / Maintaining responsiveness
• concurrency, in Android
  • about / Concurrency in Android
  • correctness issues / Correctness issues in concurrent programs
  • liveness issues / Liveness issues in concurrent programs
  • specific concurrency issues / Android-specific concurrency issues
• Copy-On-Write technique
  • about / Memory sharing and the Zygote
• correctness issues, concurrent programs
  • about / Correctness issues in concurrent programs
• CursorLoader
  • about / Building responsive apps with CursorLoader
  • used, for building responsive apps / Building responsive apps with CursorLoader

D

• Dalvik executable (DEX)
  • about / Introducing the Dalvik Virtual Machine
• Dalvik Virtual Machine (DVM)
  • about / Introducing the Dalvik Virtual Machine
  • memory sharing / Memory sharing and the Zygote
  • Zygote / Memory sharing and the Zygote
• dispatchMessage method / Understanding Looper
• doInBackground method / Introducing AsyncTask

E

• exceptions, AsyncTask
  • handling / Handling exceptions
• Executor interface, Service
  • about / Controlling concurrency with Executors
• Executor interfaces, AsyncTask
  • SERIAL_EXECUTOR / Controlling the level of concurrency
  • THREAD_POOL_EXECUTOR / Controlling the level of concurrency

F

• fragmentation issues, AsyncTask
  • about / Fragmentation issues

G

• getMediaIdFromIntent method
  • about / Building responsive apps with AsyncTaskLoader

H

• handleMessage method / Scheduling work with send
• Handler
  • attaching, to SimpleLooper / Understanding Looper
  • work, scheduling with post / Scheduling work with post
  • Sending Messages, versus posting Runnables / Sending Messages versus posting Runnables
  • applications / Applications of Handler and HandlerThread
• Handler class
  • about / Building responsive apps with Handler
• Handler programming issues
  • about / Handler programming issues
  • implicit references, leaking / Leaking implicit references
  • explicit references, leaking / Leaking explicit references
• HandlerThread
  • used, for building responsive apps / Building responsive apps with HandlerThread
  • applications / Applications of Handler and HandlerThread

I

• IntentService
  • about / Introducing Service and IntentService, Building responsive apps with Service
  • used, for building responsive apps / Building responsive apps with IntentService
  • results, handling / Handling results
  • results, returning with PendingIntent / Returning results with PendingIntent
  • results, posting as system notifications / Posting results as system notifications
  • applications / Applications of IntentService
  • HTTP uploads / HTTP uploads with IntentService
  • progress, reporting / Reporting progress
• issues, AsyncTask
  • about / Common AsyncTask issues
  • fragmentation issues / Fragmentation issues
  • activity lifecycle issues / Activity lifecycle issues

J

• Java Virtual Machine (JVM)
  • about / Introducing the Dalvik Virtual Machine

L

• liveness issues, concurrent programs
  • about / Liveness issues in concurrent programs
• Loaders
  • about / Introducing Loaders
  • benefits / Introducing Loaders
  • connecting / Introducing Loaders
  • AsyncTaskLoader / Building responsive apps with AsyncTaskLoader
  • CursorLoader / Building responsive apps with CursorLoader
  • combining / Combining Loaders
  • applications / Applications of Loaders
• LocalBroadcastManager class
  • about / Broadcasting results with Intents
• Looper
  • about / Understanding Looper
  • setting up / Understanding Looper

M

• MediaCursorAdapter / Building responsive apps with CursorLoader
• mutual exclusion
  • about / Correctness issues in concurrent programs

O

• onCanceled method
  • about / Building responsive apps with AsyncTaskLoader
• onCancelled callback method / Introducing AsyncTask
• onContentChanged method / Combining Loaders
• onCreateLoader method
  • about / Introducing Loaders
• onHandleIntent method
  • about / Controlling concurrency with Executors
• onLoaderFinished method
  • about / Introducing Loaders
• onLoaderReset method
  • about / Introducing Loaders
• onLoadFinished method / Combining Loaders
• onPreExecute method / Introducing AsyncTask
• onProgressUpdate callback method / Providing progress updates
• onStartCommand method
  • about / Controlling concurrency with Executors
• onStartLoading method / Combining Loaders
• onStopLoading method
  • about / Building responsive apps with AsyncTaskLoader

P

• PendingIntent
  • about / Handling alarms
  • static factory methods / Handling alarms
• PrimesIntentService
  • about / Returning results with Messenger

R

• race condition
  • about / Correctness issues in concurrent programs
• readLine method / Multithreaded example
• responsive apps
  • building, with Handler / Building responsive apps with Handler
  • builsing, with HandlerThread / Building responsive apps with HandlerThread
  • building, AsyncTaskLoader used / Building responsive apps with AsyncTaskLoader
  • building, CursorLoader used / Building responsive apps with CursorLoader
  • building, with Service / Building responsive apps with Service
• run() method
  • about / Concurrency in Android

S

• Service
  • about / Introducing Service and IntentService
  • used, for building responsive apps / Building responsive apps with Service
  • Executor interface, controlling / Controlling concurrency with Executors
  • results, returning with Messenger / Returning results with Messenger
  • communicating with / Communicating with Services
  • direct communication, with local Services / Direct communication with local Services
  • results, broadcasting with Intents / Broadcasting results with Intents
  • unhandled broadcasts, detecting / Detecting unhandled broadcasts
  • applications / Applications of Services
• services
  • alarms, handling / Handling alarms with Services
• SimpleCursorAdapter class / Building responsive apps with CursorLoader
• SimpleLooper class
  • about / Understanding Looper
• start() method
  • about / Concurrency in Android

T

• ThumbnailLoader
  • enabling / Combining Loaders

W

• WakeLocks
  • used, for staying awake / Staying awake with WakeLocks
  • about / Staying awake with WakeLocks
• work, posting to Handler
  • Runnable, executing / Scheduling work with post
  • performing / Scheduling work with post
  • pending Runnable, cancelling / Canceling a pending Runnable
• work, posting with send
  • performing / Scheduling work with send
  • pending Messages, cancelling / Canceling pending Messages
  • composition, versus inheritance / Composition versus Inheritance
  • multithreaded example / Multithreaded example

Z

• Zygote
  • about / Memory sharing and the Zygote
  • benefits / Memory sharing and the Zygote