Merge pull request #9 from BigRoomStudios/android-ui-lag

start readers in its own thread
BigRoomTechnologies · Aug 15, 2022 · 2acab1c · 2acab1c
2 parents 53983d0 + 983d4de
commit 2acab1c
Showing 1 changed file with 9 additions and 2 deletions.
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/reactbolt/sdk/RNBoltReactLibraryModule.java b/android/src/main/java/com/reactbolt/sdk/RNBoltReactLibraryModule.java
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.WritableMap;
 import com.facebook.react.modules.core.DeviceEventManagerModule;
 
+import java.lang.Thread;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -78,8 +79,14 @@ public void setDebugging(boolean shouldDebug) {
     @ReactMethod
     public void activateDevice() {
 
-        final SwiperControllerManager swipManager = SwiperControllerManager.getInstance();
-        ((CCSwiperController) swipManager.getSwiperController()).startReaders(swipManager.getSwiperCaptureMode());
+        // call start readers in it's own thread because it was blocking the UI otherwise, even when using a promise
+        new Thread(new Runnable() {
+            public void run() {
+
+                final SwiperControllerManager swipManager = SwiperControllerManager.getInstance();
+                ((CCSwiperController) swipManager.getSwiperController()).startReaders(swipManager.getSwiperCaptureMode());
+            }
+        }).start();
     }
 
     @ReactMethod