Added in API level 1

ThreadFactory

interface ThreadFactory

java.util.concurrent.ThreadFactory

An object that creates new threads on demand. Using thread factories removes hardwiring of calls to Thread#Thread(Runnable), enabling applications to use special thread subclasses, priorities, etc.

The simplest implementation of this interface is just:

<code>class SimpleThreadFactory implements ThreadFactory {
    public Thread newThread(Runnable r) {
      return new Thread(r);
    }
  }</code>

The Executors#defaultThreadFactory method provides a more useful simple implementation, that sets the created thread context to known values before returning it.

Summary

Public methods
abstract Thread!	`newThread(r: Runnable!)` Constructs a new `Thread`.

Public methods

newThread

Added in API level 1

abstract fun newThread(r: Runnable!): Thread!

Constructs a new Thread. Implementations may also initialize priority, name, daemon status, ThreadGroup, etc.

Parameters
`r`	Runnable!: a runnable to be executed by new thread instance

Return
`Thread!`	constructed thread, or `null` if the request to create a thread is rejected