Errata

Errata for Efficient Android Threading

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Version	Location	Description	Submitted By	Date submitted
ePub	Page - Basic Message Passing	In the code snippet under Basic Message Passing LooperActivity contains a static inner class "private static class LooperThread extends Thread", method of this class is calling a function in the outer class named "doLongRunningOperation". static inner classes donot have implicit access to outer class methods. Thanks Note from the Author or Editor: The method doLongRunningOperation should be included in the LooperThread class. Change to be made: Move ------ private void doLongRunningOperation() { // Add long running operation here. } ------ so that it comes after ----- Looper.loop(); } -----	Anonymous	Jun 15, 2014
ePub	Figure 9-1. Thread pool lifecycle	The names of some states in the figure are misprinted: New -> Running, Runnable -> Shutdown. Note from the Author or Editor: Page 143, error in image 9-1. New -> Running Runnable -> Shutdown	Anonymous	Sep 27, 2014
Mobi	Task Management - Submitting Tasks - invokeAny	In the last paragraph and Note, the function invokeAny() is misprinted as invokeAll(). Note from the Author or Editor: Page 151: Last paragraph of the "invokeAny" section. Change "invokeAll stops blocking," to "invokeAny stops blocking," Page 151: Note - Change "Tasks added with invokeAll" to "Tasks added with invokeAny".	Anonymous	Sep 28, 2014
Printed, PDF, ePub, Mobi	Sample code of ECSImageDownloaderActivity	The mark of the seventh note is placed on the definition of addImage(), but should be on ecs.shutdown(). Note from the Author or Editor: Page 154: The mark of the seventh note is placed on the definition of addImage(), but should be on ecs.shutdown().	Anonymous	Sep 28, 2014
PDF	Page 22 Example code in 5th bullet	The line: synchronized(this.getClass()) { should be changed to: synchronized(MyClass.class) {	Anders Goransson	Sep 14, 2014
Printed	Page 25 Example code	In the code example remove "Thread t1 = " and "Thread t2 ="	Anders Goransson	Sep 14, 2014
PDF	Page 43 Example code	There is a missing exclamation mark before an expression, which makes the example invalid: Thread.currentThread().isInterrupted() should be prefixed with an exclamation mark, like this: !Thread.currentThread().isInterrupted()	Anders Goransson	Jun 15, 2014
, Printed, PDF, ePub, Mobi, , Other Digital Version	Page 50 (3) bullet	Quote: "Hence, this Handler can [be] created only after Looper.prepare(), or it will have nothing to bind to." "be" verb is omitted in the original text. Note from the Author or Editor: Page 50, bullet 3, missing word "be". Hence, this Handler can [be] created....	Aliaksei Nestserau	Oct 26, 2014
, Printed, PDF, ePub, Mobi, , Other Digital Version	Page 75 Chapter introduction, last bullet	Remove the last bullet, as that part has moved to another chapter. "• Returning data with ResultReceiver"	Anders Goransson	Oct 21, 2014
, Printed, PDF, ePub, Mobi, , Other Digital Version	Page 202 Code example has two errors: One in doPost()- and one in doGet()-method	In doPost()-method add the following line after intent.setData(Uri.parse(postUrl));: intent.putExtra(WebService.INTENT_KEY_REQUEST_TYPE, WebService.POST); ################### In doGet()-method add the following line after intent.setData(Uri.parse(getUrl));: intent.putExtra(WebService.INTENT_KEY_REQUEST_TYPE, WebService.GET);	Anders Goransson	Oct 17, 2014