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Exploring Packages, Processes, Threads, and Handlers

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In the book thus far, we have focused on the essentials of how to program for the Android platform. In this chapter we want to go under the hood a bit to address the process and threading model for Android programs. This discussion will lead us to signing packages, sharing data between packages, using compile-time libraries, the nature of Android components and how they use threads, and finally the need for handlers and how one can code handlers.

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© 2015 Dave MacLean, Satya Komatineni, and Grant Allen

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MacLean, D., Komatineni, S., Allen, G. (2015). Exploring Packages, Processes, Threads, and Handlers. In: Pro Android 5. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-4681-7_13

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