threads.md

Threads

The threads module provides abstractions for thread manipulations. The execution may differ between targeted platforms to take advantage of their capabilities.

Execute in background

Executes the method in background. Here are the execution differences between platforms:

• React Native: executes in separate thread
• Web: executes during idle time if the browser supports this feature, otherwise as soon as possible using setTimeout

class Service {
    @BackgroundTask()
    doSomeExpensiveStuff(): void {
        // ...
    }
}

const service = new Service()
service.doSomeExpensiveStuff()

Background loop

The BackgroundLoop class will take tasks and execute them repeatedly in background:

const backgroundLoop = new BackgroundLoop(backgroundTaskManager, 1000) // default execution interval is set to 1 second
backgroundLoop.setTask('test', () => { console.log('in loop') }) // add a task called 'test'
backgroundLoop.start('test') // start the task

This loop will print in loop in console every second.