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# postToBackgroundThread

`fun postToBackgroundThread(runnable: `[`Runnable`](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Runnable.html)`): `[`Unit`](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-unit/index.html) [(source)](https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/android-components/blob/master/components/support/utils/src/main/java/mozilla/components/support/utils/ThreadUtils.kt#L33)
`fun postToBackgroundThread(runnable: () -> `[`Unit`](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-unit/index.html)`): `[`Unit`](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-unit/index.html) [(source)](https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/android-components/blob/master/components/support/utils/src/main/java/mozilla/components/support/utils/ThreadUtils.kt#L37)