I try to create a thread and manipulate UI controls inside it, then I recived an exception
System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException: 'The application called an interface that was marshalled for a different thread.
Through searching, I found this is a very common problem, here is one way I have found
Windows.ApplicationModel.Core.CoreApplication.MainView.CoreWindow.Dispatcher.RunAsync(CoreDispatcherPriority.Normal,
() =>
{
// Your UI update code goes here!
}
);
But this cause another exception
System.InvalidOperationException: 'A method was called at an unexpected time.
I don't know the correct way
private void MessageReceived(string message_content)
{
InvertedListView.Items.Add(new Message(message_content, DateTime.Now,HorizontalAlignment.Left));
}
static bool flag = true;
Thread thread = new Thread(() =>
{
FileSystemWatcher watcher = new FileSystemWatcher();
watcher.Path = "C:\\Users";
watcher.Filter = "text.txt";
watcher.NotifyFilter = NotifyFilters.LastWrite;
watcher.Changed += OnChanged;
Debug.WriteLine("START!");
watcher.EnableRaisingEvents = true;
void OnChanged(object sender, FileSystemEventArgs e)
{
if (flag)
{
Debug.WriteLine("OnChanged");
Thread.Sleep(10);
var lastLine = File.ReadLines(watcher.Path + watcher.Filter, Encoding.UTF8).Last();
MessageReceived(lastline); // The exception happened here
Debug.WriteLine(lastLine);
flag = false;
}
else
{
flag = true;
}
}
});
To create/change an UI control, you need to do it on the UI thread. Let me give you a simple example:
private DispatcherQueue _dispatcherQueue;
public MainPage()
{
this.InitializeComponent();
this.Loaded += MainPage_Loaded;
_dispatcherQueue = DispatcherQueue.GetForCurrentThread();
}
private async void MainPage_Loaded(object sender, Microsoft.UI.Xaml.RoutedEventArgs e)
{
// This works because this event handler is called on the UI thread.
Button button = new();
// This throws an exception because the button is not created on the UI thread.
await Task.Run(() =>
{
Button button = new();
});
// This works because the DispatcherQueue is used to create the button on the UI thread.
this.DispatcherQueue.TryEnqueue(() =>
{
Button button = new();
});
// This works because the DispatcherQueue is used to create the button on the UI thread.
_dispatcherQueue.TryEnqueue(() =>
{
Button button = new();
});
}