Question

I am writing a game in which after a specified amount of time a thread must be stopped.The user has failed to complete a particular level.I am using a thread.How do i stop this thread after a specified amount of time and display another view.How do i do this.The following code delays the launching of the thread by timelimit.

Thread t = ... t.join(timelimit); 
if (t.isAlive) 
t.interrupt();

How do i run the thread and close it after a period of time.

Answer 1

Your working thread

public class Worker extends Thread {
    private boolean isRunning = true;
    public void run() {
        while (isRunning) {
            /* do your stuff here*/
        }
    }

    public void stopWorker() {
         isRunning = false;
    }
}

Your stopping thread

public class Stopper extends Thread {
    private Worker worker;
    public void Stopper(Worker w) {
        worker = w;
    }

    public void run() {
        // wait until your timeout expires
        worker.stopWorker();
    }
}