The Android Looper Thread

medium-android-main-method-looper.java

 /**
 * Retrieved from https://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/Looper.html
 */
 class LooperThread extends Thread {
      public Handler mHandler;
      public void run() {
          Looper.prepare();
          mHandler = new Handler() {
              public void handleMessage(Message msg) {
                  // process incoming messages here
              }
          };
          Looper.loop();
      }
  }