Android manage long task

Question

I need a way to plot realtime data on a graph without blocking the UI thread. Reading several posts and articles I have understood that threads aren't the best choice to perform long works (it's an indeterminate update so it could take more than 3-4 minutes). So, what should I use? Thank You in advance.

Answer 1

If your long task will run while your Activity is running, then you can use an AsyncTask. Else you can use a Service