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Android Threads and Services Threads in Android Thread and Friends

mohamed ahmed
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What is a Thread?

What is a Thread?

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Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
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A thread is a part of a program that can execute code concurrently with other parts. It's the building block that allow a program to do "multi-tasking".

For more details, see the documentation page for Thread that was included in the Teacher's notes with the 2nd video.