Progress Dialog and Threads
From John Freier
private ProgressDialog dialog;
private Handler handlerRefresh = new Handler() { @Override public void handleMessage(Message msg) { Bundle resBundle = (Bundle) msg.obj; String question = resBundle.getString("key"); } }
dialog = ProgressDialog.show(CurrentActivity.this, "","Please wait...", true); new Thread(new Runnable() { public void run() { // Threaded process... String name = "John"; Message myMessage=new Message(); Bundle resBundle = new Bundle(); resBundle.putString("key", name); myMessage.obj=resBundle; handlerRefresh.sendMessage(myMessage); dialog.dismiss(); } }).start();