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Android Threads and Services Threads in Android Extending Thread

Eric De Wildt
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Eric De Wildt
Courses Plus Student 13,077 Points
Posted by Eric De Wildt
Eric De Wildt
Courses Plus Student 13,077 Points

Why do I get "Need inner class extending thread" error?

Why is the hint message showing "Bummer You should have a new inner class extending thread." when I already do?

MainActivity.java 
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
    final TwitterClient twitterClient = new TwitterClient();
    private TwitterThread twitterThread;

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
      setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
      twitterThread = new TwitterThread(twitterClient);

      Thread t = twitterThread;
      t.setName("TwitterThread");
      t.start();
    }

   public class TwitterThread extends Thread {
     private TwitterClient tc;

    public TwitterThread(TwitterClient client){
       tc = client;
     }

    @Override
        public void run() {
          tc.update();
        }
  }
}

1 Answer

Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,414 Points
Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,414 Points

In trying a couple of things, it looks like the challenge tester is expecting TwitterThread to have a default constructor. Because your's has a constructor that takes a TwitterThread, it no longer has one and the default has to be written back in.

public class MainActivity extends Activity {
    final TwitterClient twitterClient = new TwitterClient();

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
      setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

      TwitterThread t = new TwitterThread();
      t.setName("TwitterThread");
      t.start();
    }

    public class TwitterThread extends Thread {
        @Override
        public void run() {
          twitterClient.update();
        }      
    }
}

or using the rest of your code

// ...
   public class TwitterThread extends Thread {
     private TwitterClient tc;

    public TwitterThread() {
       super();  //  It's a good idea to call the superclass' constructor as well
    }

    public TwitterThread(TwitterClient client){
       super();
       tc = client;
     }

    @Override
     public void run() {
       tc.update();
     }
  }
Eric De Wildt
Eric De Wildt
Courses Plus Student 13,077 Points
Eric De Wildt
Eric De Wildt
Courses Plus Student 13,077 Points

Thanks Seth Kroger !

I knew I wasn't wrong and that it had to be something with what the tester actually looks for in the code. I have run into this in other courses on Treehouse.