[android-developers] Re: GPS code works in HTC machines but fails in MOTO's

Gack. I see I said that. Thanks for correcting it.

I think what was going through my mind was that the handler purpose
would likely be updating the activity's view, and that idea got short-
circuited between forebrain and fingers.

Thanks for the catch.

On Feb 20, 6:27 pm, Mark Murphy <mmur...@commonsware.com> wrote:
> Bob Kerns wrote:
> > * Create your Handler in the context of whatever you want to associate
> > with handling it. For example, if you're updating a view in an
> > activity, create it in the onCreate() method for the view.
> > * Save your handler in an instance variable in that context. In other
> > words, the Handler is owned by the context in which it runs, not the
> > context in which messages are posted.
> > * When you run some code in some other context that wants to post back
> > -- pass it the Handler, so it can do so. (Often this will be from code
> > from the same class -- you can just refer to the instance variable).
>
> Excellent advice!
>
> (though, a nit: in your first bullet, perhaps you mean onCreate() for
> the activity, since there is no onCreate() for View)
>
> --
> Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy)http://commonsware.com|http://twitter.com/commonsguy
>
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