UI Thread Blocking

[jab416171]

Due to the way we abstracted away the actual HTTP handling, unless we do some major refactoring, it will be difficult to put the HTTP handling into an AsyncTask.

An AsyncTask is a helper class that will do a background process for you (and allow you to update the UI) so you don't block the main UI thread, making the user think the app is stalled or hanging.
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/AsyncTask.html

See https://github.com/jab416171/Android-Battleship-Client/blob/master/src/edu/neumont/battleship/http/RefreshTask.java and https://github.com/jab416171/Android-Battleship-Client/blob/master/src/edu/neumont/battleship/BattleshipActivity.java#L48-54 to see how I used AsyncTask for the refresh button.

@BrentLee
@glenwatson

[glenwatson]

You're going to have to explain this one to me. I don't know what's wrong.

[jab416171]

Well, I was just skimming through the commits, and it looks like you might have fixed it.

[glenwatson]

I can't test it when your server is down.