Question

I have one thread class which star in onCreate of an activity.

 class MyThread extends Thread
 {
      void run()
      {
           //My code which takes time.
      }
 }

 //-------------------------- To run the thread
 MyThread mThread = new MyThread();
 mThread.start();

On some external events i need to stop/destroy currently running thread.
And Then i create a new copy of MyThread and call start function on the new thread to run it.

But i am not able to destroy/stop the previous running thread.
Is there any API by which we can destroy running thread.

Answer 1

you cannot destroy…only the android will stop the thread when requires.. you cannot stop or destroy it.. instead try like this..

class MyThread extends Thread
 {
  void run()
  {
 while(bool){
       //My code which takes time.
  }
 }
 }

//————————– To run the thread

   MyThread mThread = new MyThread();
   mThread.start();

now when u want to stop the thread… change bool value to false

bool=false;

now your code doesnt run… and you can start new thread…