Is it OK to use Thread instead of Service in Android home screen widget?
<p>I am writing a home screen widget following Jeff Shakey's tutorial, <a href="http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2009/04/introducing-home-screen-widgets-and.html" rel="nofollow">http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2009/04/introducing-home-screen-widgets-and.html</a>.</p>

<p>This tutorial uses service to avoid any ANR timeouts. I just wonder, can I use Thread instead of service to do the work of getting data and updating RemoteViews? I don't want to create a service, because Thread is easier to handle and pass data into Thread.</p>

<p>Thanks.</p>
