Android thread handler not receiving message

Question

i ahve a problem with a thread handler receiving a message. all other thread i implemnted this pattern works fine. here my code:

Start thread

InternalScoresThread t = new InternalScoresThread(
    this.game.getApplicationContext(),
    this.map.fileName, this.map.getCurrentTime(),
    new Handler() {

        @Override
        public void handleMessage(Message msg) {

            Log.d("DEBUG", "message received");

            if (msg.getData().getBoolean("record")) {

                Player.this.showtRecordMessage();

            } else {

                Player.this.showtFinishMessage();
            }

            Player.this.showTimeMessage();
            Player.this.showRestartMessage();
        }
});

t.start();

Thread class

public class InternalScoresThread extends Thread {

    private Handler handler;
    private String map;
    private float time;
    private Context context;

    public InternalScoresThread(Context context, String map, float time, Handler handler) {

        this.context = context;
        this.handler = handler;
        this.map = map;
        this.time = time;
    }

    @Override
    public void run() {         

        Log.d("DEBUG", "thread started");

        Database db = Database.getInstance(this.context);
        float bestTime = db.getBestTime(this.map);
        db.addRace(this.map, this.time);

        Log.d("DEBUG", "race added");

        Message msg = new Message();
        Bundle b = new Bundle();
        b.putBoolean("record", this.time < bestTime || bestTime == 0);
        msg.setData(b);
        this.handler.sendMessage(msg);

        Log.d("DEBUG", "message sent");
    }
}

The "thread started, "race added" and "message sent" logs appear in logcat, but not the "message received" in the handler.

Answer 1

well, I dunno why, but dispatchMessage() instead of sendMessage() solved the problem...