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!
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:
ReplyDeleteThreadPoolExecutor 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.
changeColor is declared as Runnable, which does not have a kill() method.
ReplyDeleteYou need to create your own interface that extends Runnable and adds a (public) kill() method.