new Runnable() but no new thread?

Question

I\'m trying to understand the code here , specifically the anonymous class

private Runnable mUpdateTimeTask = new Runnable() {
public void run() {
   final l         


        

Answer 1

You can create a thread just like this:

 Thread thread = new Thread(new Runnable() {
                    public void run() {

                       }
                    });
                thread.start();

Also, you can use Runnable, Asyntask, Timer, TimerTaks and AlarmManager to excecute Threads.