Reduce the thread priority of the media scanner to avoid ANRs at boot time.

Signed-off-by: Mike Lockwood <lockwood@android.com>

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/com/android/providers/media/MediaScannerService.java b/src/com/android/providers/media/MediaScannerService.java
index 27a26a8e..fff3f9c5 100644
--- a/src/com/android/providers/media/MediaScannerService.java
+++ b/src/com/android/providers/media/MediaScannerService.java
@@ -167,7 +167,10 @@ public class MediaScannerService extends Service implements Runnable
 
     public void run()
     {
-        Process.setThreadPriority(Process.THREAD_PRIORITY_BACKGROUND);
+        // reduce priority below other background threads to avoid interfering
+        // with other services at boot time.
+        Process.setThreadPriority(Process.THREAD_PRIORITY_BACKGROUND +
+                Process.THREAD_PRIORITY_LESS_FAVORABLE);
         Looper.prepare();
 
         mServiceLooper = Looper.myLooper();