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What are the differences between QThreads and QRunnable ?
When should I use QThread and when QRunnable ?
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Qt offers many classes and functions for working with threads. Below are four different approaches that Qt programmers can use to implement multithreaded applications.
To use it, prepare a QObject subclass with all your desired functionality in it. Then create a new QThread instance, push the QObject onto it using moveToThread(QThread*) of the QObject instance and call start() on the QThread instance. That's all.
A QThread object manages one thread of control within the program. QThreads begin executing in run(). By default, run() starts the event loop by calling exec() and runs a Qt event loop inside the thread. You can use worker objects by moving them to the thread using QObject::moveToThread().
QThread can run an event loop, QRunnable doesn't have one so don't use it for tasks designed to have an event loop. Also, not being a QObject, QRunnable has no built-in means of explicitly communicating something to other components; you have to code that by hand, using low-level threading primitives (like a mutex-guarded queue for collecting results, etc.). Using QThread you can use signals and slots which are thread safe.
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