nt)">Process.setThreadPriority()</a></code> and passing <code><a href="../../reference/android/os/Process.html#THREAD_PRIORITY_BACKGROUND">THREAD_PRIORITY_BACKGROUND</a></code>. If you don't set the thread to a lower priority
this way, then the thread could still slow down your app because it operates at the same priority
as the UI thread by default.</p>
 
<p>If you implement <code><a href="../../reference/java/lang/Thread.html">Thread</a></code> or <code><a href="../../reference/android/os/HandlerThread.ht