android - Starting and stopping progressbar on UI thread from class -

is there slicker/simpler way of doing following? have method in class shows progressbar while thread runs. code works seems little overly clunky having 3 steps.

private void pause() {         mactivity.runonuithread(new runnable() {             @override             public void run() {                 mprogressbar.setvisibility(view.visible);             }         });          new thread(new runnable() {             @override             public void run() {                 try {                     //do stuff                 } catch (interruptedexception e) {                     e.printstacktrace();                 }             }         }).start();          mactivity.runonuithread(new runnable() {             @override             public void run() {                 mprogressbar.setvisibility(view.gone);             }         });  } 

this not show progress bar while thread runs.

your thread can run 10 seconds visibility of progressbar blink if can see @ all.

instead, should hide once thread has completed, correct:

mactivity.runonuithread(new runnable() {     @override     public void run() {         mprogressbar.setvisibility(view.visible);     } });  new thread(new runnable() {     @override     public void run() {         try {             //do stuff               mactivity.runonuithread(new runnable() {                 @override                 public void run() {                     mprogressbar.setvisibility(view.gone);                 }             });         } catch (interruptedexception e) {             e.printstacktrace();         }     } }).start(); 

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for "slicker" way, use asynctask created task. example:

new asynctask<void, void, void>() {      @override     protected void onpreexecute() {         super.onpreexecute();         // guaranteed run on ui thread         mprogressbar.setvisibility(view.visible);     }      @override     protected void doinbackground(void... params) {         // stuff         return null;     }      @override     protected void onpostexecute(void avoid) {         super.onpostexecute(avoid);         // guaranteed run on ui thread         mprogressbar.setvisibility(view.gone);      }  }.execute();