# Android Background Processing, Episode 7: AsyncTasks | Kodeco

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> This content was released on Jun 28 2018. The official support period is 6-months from this date.

Learn about a thread abstraction in the Android SDK named AsyncTask that simplifies using background threads and sending results to the main thread.

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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at [https://www.kodeco.com/5306-android-background-processing/lessons/7](https://www.kodeco.com/5306-android-background-processing/lessons/7)