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Play MainThread (Xamarin.Essentials API of the Week)
Description
Xamarin.Essentials provides developers with cross-platform APIs for their mobile applications. On this week's Xamarin.Essential API of the week we take a look at the MainThread API to enable you to check if the code you are about to execute will run on the main user interface thread and a way to invoke code on the main thread if it isn't.
Show Notes:
- Xamarin.Essentials Documentation
- Xamarin.Essentials Getting Started Documentation
- MainThread Documentation
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The Discussion
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Mikilll What is the difference to using Device.BeginInvokeOnMainThread() which is built directly into Xamarin.Forms?
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SmartmanApps +1 -
Jeffm MiKill - there's a comment in the docs that addresses that....
Xamarin.Forms has a method called Device.BeginInvokeOnMainThread(Action) that does the same thing as MainThread.BeginInvokeOnMainThread(Action). While you can use either method in a Xamarin.Forms app, consider whether or not the calling code has any other need for a dependency on Xamarin.Forms. If not, MainThread.BeginInvokeOnMainThread(Action) is likely a better option.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/xamarin/essentials/main-thread -
briansavage Thanks James, great video, simple and to the point, as usual. How about a 101 on threading in general, perhaps async as well. I have a vague idea about how all these work, but your 101s fill in a lot of gaps.