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Android: How do I stop Runnable?

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I tried this way:







private Runnable changeColor = new Runnable() {

   private boolean killMe=false;

   public void run() {

       //some work

       if(!killMe) color_changer.postDelayed(changeColor, 150);

   }

   public void kill(){

       killMe=true;

   }

};







but I can't access kill() method!


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  1. Tips For AllFebruary 27, 2012 at 7:19 AM

    Instead implement your own thread.kill() machanism, using existing API provided by the SDK. Manage your thread creation within a threadpool, and use Future.cancel() to kill the running thread:

    ThreadPoolExecutor threadPoolExecutor = Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor();
    Runnable longRunningTask = new Runnable();

    // submit task to threadpool:
    Future longRunningTaskFurure = threadPoolExecutor.submit(longRunningTask);

    ... ...
    // At some point in the future, if you want to kill the task:
    longRunningTaskFuture.cancel(true);
    ... ...


    Cancel method will behaviour differently based on your task running state, check the API for more details.

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  2. Tips For AllFebruary 27, 2012 at 7:19 AM

    changeColor is declared as Runnable, which does not have a kill() method.

    You need to create your own interface that extends Runnable and adds a (public) kill() method.

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