Question

I have a Java handler code which Im using in android to run a Timer…It runs awesome.

I need help to stop this timer(Handler) programmatically…Any simple method to stop this handler,when I exit from the activity in Android???

The Handler code section is :

Handler handler = new Handler();
handler.postDelayed(new Runnable() {
    public void run() 
    {
        // Do something after duration
    }
}, duration);

How to stop this handler , so that the statement should not be executed after duration time. Or is there any other way to use a delay timer thread which can be handled by ourself???

Answer 1

Keep references to your Runnables, then call removeCallbacks(runnable) on for each Runnable you’ve added to your handler to remove them.