public class TestActivity extends Activity {

    Button btn;
    int i = 0;

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);
        btn = (Button)findViewById(R.id.btn);
        btn.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                runThread();
            }
        });
    }

    private void runThread(){
        runOnUiThread (new Thread(new Runnable() {
            public void run() {
                while(i++ < 1000){
                    btn.setText("#"+i);
                    try {
                        Thread.sleep(300);
                    }
                    catch (InterruptedException e) {
                        e.printStackTrace();
                    }
                }
             }
        }));
    }
}

private void runThread() {

    new Thread() {
        public void run() {
            while (i++ < 1000) {
                try {
                    runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {

                        @Override
                        public void run() {
                            btn.setText("#" + i);
                        }
                    });
                    Thread.sleep(300);
                } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
            }
        }
    }.start();
}

public void debugMsg(String msg) {
    final String str = msg;
    runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
        @Override
        public void run() {
            mInfo.setText(str);
        }
    });
}

runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
                public void run() {
                //Do something on UiThread
            }
        });

public class AndroidBasicThreadActivity extends AppCompatActivity
{
    public static TextView textView;
    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
    {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_android_basic_thread);

        textView = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.textview);

        MyAndroidThread myTask = new MyAndroidThread(AndroidBasicThreadActivity.this);
        Thread t1 = new Thread(myTask, "Bajrang");
        t1.start();
    }
}

class MyAndroidThread implements Runnable
{
    Activity activity;
    public MyAndroidThread(Activity activity)
    {
        this.activity = activity;
    }
    @Override
    public void run()
    {
        activity.runOnUiThread(new Runnable()
        {
            @Override
            public void run()
            {
                AndroidBasicThreadActivity.textView.setText("Hello!! Android Team :-) From child thread.");
            }
        });
    }
}

class MyAndroidThread implements Runnable
{
    Activity activity;
    public MyAndroidThread(Activity activity)
    {
        this.activity = activity;
    }
    @Override
    public void run()
    {
       AndroidBasicThreadActivity.textView.post(new Runnable()
      {
        @Override
        public void run()
        {
            AndroidBasicThreadActivity.textView.setText("Hello!! Android Team :-) From child thread.");
        }
    });

    }
}

class MyAndroidThread implements Runnable
{
    Activity activity;
    public MyAndroidThread(Activity activity)
    {
        this.activity = activity;
    }
    @Override
   public void run()
  {
  new Handler(Looper.getMainLooper()).post(new Runnable() {
        public void run() {
            AndroidBasicThreadActivity.textView.setText("Hello!! Android Team :-) From child thread.");
        }
    });
  }
}

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    class SetSynonymResult implements Runnable {
        String synonym;

        SetSynonymResult(String synonym) {
            this.synonym = synonym;
        }

        public void run() {
            Log.d("AsyncAndroid", String.format("Sending synonym result %s on %d",
                    synonym, Thread.currentThread().getId()) + " !");
            TextView tv = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.synonymTv);
            tv.setText(this.synonym);
        }
    }

    ;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        Button search = (Button) findViewById(R.id.searchBut);
        final EditText word = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.wordEt);
        search.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                Runnable searchTask = new Runnable() {
                    @Override
                    public void run() {
                        String result = searchSynomim(word.getText().toString());
                        Log.d("AsyncAndroid", String.format("Searching for synonym for %s on %s",
                                word.getText(), Thread.currentThread().getName()));
                        runOnUiThread(new SetSynonymResult(result));
                    }
                };
                Thread thread = new Thread(searchTask);
                thread.start();
            }
        });

    }

    static int i = 0;

    String searchSynomim(String word) {
        return ++i % 2 == 0 ? "fake" : "mock";
    }
}

runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
                @Override
                public void run() {
                //Do something on UiThread
            }
        });

@UiThread
    public void logMsg(final String msg) {
        new Handler(Looper.getMainLooper()).post(new Runnable() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                Log.d("UI thread", "I am the UI thread");


            }
        });
    }

@Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        gifImageView = (GifImageView) findViewById(R.id.GifImageView);
        gifImageView.setGifImageResource(R.drawable.success1);

        new Thread(new Runnable() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                try {
                    //dummy delay for 2 second
                    Thread.sleep(8000);
                } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }

                //update ui on UI thread
                runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
                    @Override
                    public void run() {
                        gifImageView.setGifImageResource(R.drawable.success);
                    }
                });

            }
        }).start();

    }