Question

hi mate i have a thread with this code

private final class Consumer extends Thread {

    public boolean running;

    public Handler consumerHandler;

    public void run() {
        Looper.prepare();
        consumerHandler = new Handler() {
            @Override
            public void handleMessage(Message msg) {
                Log.i(LOG_TAG, "Consumer-> " + msg.obj);
            }
        };
        Looper.loop();

    }

}

My activity create a thread T of type Consumer and call start on it.
How can the activity stop the thread T ?

Answer 1

Running message loop will not normally exit the loop unless an exception is thrown or you’ve call the quit() method. Have a look at DOC – Be sure to call quit() to end the loop.

    @Override
    protected void onDestroy() {
      consumerObj.consumerHandler.quit(); 
      super.onDestroy();
    }