Top "Background-thread" questions

A background thread is a thread that not directly driving the application but does some processing asynchronously.

Getting a "This application is modifying the autolayout engine from a background thread" error?

Been encountering this error a lot in my OS X using swift: "This application is modifying the autolayout engine from …

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How to run certain task every day at a particular time using ScheduledExecutorService?

I am trying to run a certain task everyday at 5 AM in the morning. So I decided to use ScheduledExecutorService …

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How to always run a service in the background?

I am in the process of creating an app that is similar to the built-in SMS app. What I need: …

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Proper use of beginBackgroundTaskWithExpirationHandler

I'm a bit confused about how and when to use beginBackgroundTaskWithExpirationHandler. Apple shows in their examples to use it in …

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Django Background Task

I need to populate a SQLite database every few minutes in Django, but I want to serve stale data until …

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How to run cordova plugins in the background?

Im making an application based on phonegap (cordova). I have tested it some times, and lately I saw a message …

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Best way to create a background thread in java

What is the best way to create a background thread that will run every 15 minutes to get the data from …

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Kotlin: How to delay code in Android without making the UI freeze

I am trying to delay code in Kotlin I have tried Thread.sleep(1000) But its freezes the UI. Does somebody …

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Run timer in background thread

Im looking for a way to use a System.Windows.Forms.Timer within a backgrounder thread. I cam having a …

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iOS4 Create Background Timer

I (Basically) need to create a background timer on iOS 4 that will allow me to execute some code when a …

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