Progressbar in Android

Question

Can I use progress bar in android, without the thread?

HERE IS CODE OF MY CURRENT WAY OF IMPLEMENTING PROGRESS DIALOG

            //              Adding Progress bar

            String[][] data;    //Global variable

//called on onCreate() or onItemSelected

            final ProgressDialog myProgressDialog;

            myProgressDialog = ProgressDialog.show(ListingPage.this,"Please Wait", "Loading Date", true);
            new Thread() {
                public void run() {
                    try{

                        setSelected();

                        sleep(5000);
                    } catch (Exception e) { }

                    myProgressDialog.dismiss();
                }
            }.start();


            populateList(Split.splitToTwoDimArray(data));   // populates the list view

HOPE ABOVE HELPS, IF USING THREAD THE LIST IS NOT BEING POPULATED.

Answer 1

Sure, you can always set the progress manually via

progressBar.setProgress(int progress);

Above question/added code is a bit confusing cause you asked how to use the progress bar without a thread but now in your code you're using a thread. I thought that you initially wanted to avoid.

Anyway, maybe you should use an AsyncTask instead of the Thread, which allows you to modify anything in the main UI thread.

https://sites.google.com/site/androidhowto/how-to-1/create-a-custom-progress-bar-using-asynctask

http://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/AsyncTask.html