What's the difference between Thread.setPriority() and android.os.Process.setThreadPriority()

Question

If I have code like:

Runnable r = ...;

Thread  thread = new Thread(r);
thread.setPriority((Thread.MAX_PRIORITY + Thread.NORM_PRIORITY) / 2);

Answer 1

Google uses

Process.setThreadPriority(Process.THREAD_PRIORITY_BACKGROUND);

in Volley's Network Dispatcher thread, so I would believe that using Process.setThreadPriority() is the way to go.