Progressdialog call from a thread in a service.

Question

Hi! im trying to show a progressdialog while there's a resquest to a server. Im using a service with a thread for a rest type request, the is the tab activity oncreate method:

public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.tabpanel);

showDialog(PROGRESS_DIALOG_ID);

String session=getIntent().getStringExtra(IpdmsLauncher.ID_SESSION);

sessionId= new Session();
sessionId.setSession(session);

prefs=PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(this);

//get element list view processes ListView list=(ListView)findViewById(R.id.processlist);

//TABS// // Resources res = getResources(); // Resource object to get Drawables TabHost tabHost = getTabHost(); // The activity TabHost TabHost.TabSpec spec; // Reusable TabSpec for each tab

// Initialize a TabSpec for each tab and add it to the TabHost //----TAB1 - PROCESSLIST----// spec = tabHost.newTabSpec("processlist").setIndicator("Process List", getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.iconpesquisa)) .setContent(R.id.processlist);
tabHost.addTab(spec);

//content elements bindService(new Intent(this, ServiceCall.class), svcConnect,BIND_AUTO_CREATE);

//adapter for listview adapter=new ProcessAdapter(); ((ListView)findViewById(R.id.processlist)).setAdapter(adapter);

list.setOnItemClickListener(new OnItemClickListener(){

@Override public void onItemClick(AdapterView adaptview, View view, int position, long id) {

TextView proc=(TextView)view.findViewById(R.id.processnr);
searchProcess(proc.getText().toString());

}});

And this is the service onCreate method:

@Override public void onCreate() {

super.onCreate(); //launch new thread new Thread(threadBody).start(); }

    //create runnable with job to do

private Runnable threadBody=new Runnable() {

public void run() { Looper.prepare(); while (active.get()) { for (Account l : accounts.values()) { restRequest(l); } SystemClock.sleep(POLL_PERIOD); } Looper.loop(); } };

I want to show the progressdialog while we wait for the response. But im getting thread errors id i create the dialog in the service.