Create threads in java to run in background

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One straight-forward way is to manually spawn the thread yourself:

public static void main(String[] args) {

     Runnable r = new Runnable() {
         public void run() {
             runYourBackgroundTaskHere();
         }
     };

     new Thread(r).start();
     //this line will execute immediately, not waiting for your task to complete
}

Alternatively, if you need to spawn more than one thread or need to do it repeatedly, you can use the higher level concurrent API and an executor service:

public static void main(String[] args) {

     Runnable r = new Runnable() {
         public void run() {
             runYourBackgroundTaskHere();
         }
     };

     ExecutorService executor = Executors.newCachedThreadPool();
     executor.submit(r);
     // this line will execute immediately, not waiting for your task to complete
     executor.shutDown(); // tell executor no more work is coming
     // this line will also execute without waiting for the task to finish
    }

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