Loose Ends
To finish up the Suggest example, here are a few utility functions used in other places:
suggest/src/main/java/org/example/suggest/MainActivity.java | |
| /** Request an update to start after a short delay */ |
| private void queueUpdate(long delayMillis) { |
| // Cancel previous update if it hasn't started yet |
| guiThread.removeCallbacks(updateTask); |
| // Start an update if nothing happens after a few milliseconds |
| guiThread.postDelayed(updateTask, delayMillis); |
| } |
| |
| /** Modify list on the screen (called from another thread) */ |
| public void setSuggestions(List<String> suggestions) { |
| guiSetList(suggList, suggestions); |
| } |
| |
| /** All changes to the GUI must be done in the GUI thread */ |
| private void guiSetList( ... |
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