Real difference between AsyncTask and Thread

Question

I have been reading Android documentation (AsyncTask, Thread) and vogella tutorial about this matter, but I have doubts yet.

For example, I want to send a message fr

Answer 1

AsyncTask enables proper and easy use of the UI thread. This class allows to perform background operations and publish results on the UI thread without having to manipulate threads and/or handlers.

You can control its own functions

doInBackground(Params... params), onCancelled(), onPostExecute(Result result), onPreExecute(), nProgressUpdate(Progress... values), publishProgress(Progress... values)