Android Timers Problem
<p>i found this code for Android timers, 
public class myActivity extends Activity {</p>

<pre><code>private Timer myTimer;

/** Called when the activity is first created. */
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle icicle) {
    super.onCreate(icicle);
    setContentView(R.layout.main);

    myTimer = new Timer();
    myTimer.schedule(new TimerTask() {
        @Override
        public void run() {
            TimerMethod();
        }

    }, 0, 1000);
}

private void TimerMethod()
{
    //This method is called directly by the timer
    //and runs in the same thread as the timer.

    //We call the method that will work with the UI
    //through the runOnUiThread method.
    this.runOnUiThread(Timer_Tick);
}

private Runnable Timer_Tick = new Runnable() {
    public void run() {

    //This method runs in the same thread as the UI.               

    //Do something to the UI thread here

    }
};
</code></pre>

<p>}
I need to understand one thing... the comments say that this method runs in the same thread as the Ui does it mean that this method will keep running even when the screen is turned off or the activity is pushed to the background for eg. in case of an incoming phone call ?</p>
