Allow unit tests to run in a sub thread for chrome on android

testing/android/java/src/org/chromium/native_test/ChromeNativeTestActivity.java

 // Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
 package org.chromium.native_test;
 
 import android.app.Activity;
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.os.Bundle;
 import android.os.Handler;
 import android.util.Log;
 
 // Android's NativeActivity is mostly useful for pure-native code.
 // Our tests need to go up to our own java classes, which is not possible using
 // the native activity class loader.
 public class ChromeNativeTestActivity extends Activity {
     private final String TAG = "ChromeNativeTestActivity";
+    private final String EXTRA_RUN_IN_SUB_THREAD = "RunInSubThread";
     // We post a delayed task to run tests so that we do not block onCreate().
     private static long RUN_TESTS_DELAY_IN_MS = 300;
 
     // Name of our shlib as obtained from a string resource.
     private String mLibrary;
 
     @Override
     public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
 
         mLibrary = getResources().getString(R.string.native_library);
         if ((mLibrary == null) || mLibrary.startsWith("replace")) {
             nativeTestFailed();
             return;
         }
 
         try {
             loadLibrary();
-            // Post a task to run the tests. This allows us to not block onCreate and
-            // still run tests on the main thread.
-            new Handler().postDelayed(new Runnable() {
-                @Override
-                public void run() {
-                    runTests();
-                }
-            }, RUN_TESTS_DELAY_IN_MS);
+            Bundle extras = this.getIntent().getExtras();
+            if (extras != null && extras.containsKey(EXTRA_RUN_IN_SUB_THREAD)) {
+                // Create a new thread and run tests on it.
+                new Thread() {
+                    @Override
+                    public void run() {
+                        runTests();
+                    }
+                }.start();
+            } else {
+                // Post a task to run the tests. This allows us to not block
+                // onCreate and still run tests on the main thread.
+                new Handler().postDelayed(new Runnable() {
+                    @Override
+                    public void run() {
+                        runTests();
+                    }
+                }, RUN_TESTS_DELAY_IN_MS);
+            }
         } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
             Log.e(TAG, "Unable to load lib" + mLibrary + ".so: " + e);
             nativeTestFailed();
             throw e;
         }
     }
 
     private void runTests() {
         Log.d(TAG, ">>nativeRunTests");
         nativeRunTests(getFilesDir().getAbsolutePath(), getApplicationContext());
         Log.d(TAG, "<<nativeRunTests");
     }
 
     // Signal a failure of the native test loader to python scripts
     // which run tests.  For example, we look for
     // RUNNER_FAILED build/android/test_package.py.
     private void nativeTestFailed() {
         Log.e(TAG, "[ RUNNER_FAILED ] could not load native library");
     }
 
     private void loadLibrary() throws UnsatisfiedLinkError {
         Log.i(TAG, "loading: " + mLibrary);
         System.loadLibrary(mLibrary);
         Log.i(TAG, "loaded: " + mLibrary);
     }
 
     private native void nativeRunTests(String filesDir, Context appContext);
 }