C#: Avoid Thread.Start use Task.Run

— Published 05 Apr by MemphiZ —

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For the last few years I've been creating Thread's to handle workload that would case the UI thread to freeze like the following: var t = new Thread(() => DoSomething()); t.Start(); t.Join(); //<- Freezes UI even though MessagePumping continues...

But recently I read that the use of Task's is the more commonly used option nowadays. As its deeply integrated into the .NET Framework this approach works even better and using less code: await Task.Run(() => DoSomething()); //<- Doesn't freeze UI

Also Task can return values more easily. For example: var success = false; await Task.Run(() => success = DoSomething());