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What is the difference between Services, Thread and an AsyncTask in Android?

Thread Example n ANDROID -- Timer Thread Example Non Runnable States in Multithreading - Different states while thread is in runnable states What is a thread in java ? How to write interfaces in java or Android? More on Android ? Service is like an Activity but has no interface. Probably if you want to fetch the weather for example you won’t create a blank activity for it, for this you will use a Service. A Thread is a Thread, probably you already know it from other part. You need to know that you cannot update UI from a Thread. You need to use a Handler for this, but read further. An AsyncTask is an intelligent Thread that is advised to be used. Intelligent as it can help with it’s methods, and there are two methods that run on UI thread, which is good to update UI components.

What is DDMS in ANDROID ?

Android provides a debugging tool called the Dalvik Debug Monitor Server (DDMS).         DDMS provides port-forwarding services. Screen capture on the device. Thread and heap information on the device. Logcat. Process. Radio state information.         Incoming call and SMS spoofing, location data spoofing, and more. To open DDMS goto Windows--> Open prespective--> other, DDMS   Select DDMS and you will get a window like this Here from this window you can take screenshots, send sms , make a call.......