Merge "Prevent HandlerThread from losing interrupted flag"

            return null;

        }

        boolean wasInterrupted = false;

        // If the thread has been started, wait until the looper has been created.

        synchronized (this) {

            while (isAlive() && mLooper == null) {

                try {

                    wait();

                } catch (InterruptedException e) {

                    wasInterrupted = true;

                }

            }

        }

        /*

         * We may need to restore the thread's interrupted flag, because it may

         * have been cleared above since we eat InterruptedExceptions

         */

        if (wasInterrupted) {

            Thread.currentThread().interrupt();

        }

        return mLooper;

    }