Send a message to it and have it call Looper.quit() in response.
On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 6:02 PM, Brad Gies <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> Can anyone tell me the proper way to terminate a LooperThread?
>
> Below is the code from the Developer site, but it seems all the methods for
> stopping it have been deprecated.
>
>
>
> class LooperThread extends Thread {
> public Handler mHandler;
>
> public void run() {
> Looper.prepare();
>
> mHandler = new Handler() {
> public void handleMessage(Message msg) {
> // process incoming messages here
> }
> };
>
> Looper.loop();
> }
> }
>
>
> I'm using this in a Service, which creates a main Thread, and the main
> thread checks to see if I need to update my server with GPS coordinates. If
> I do need to send the GPS info, I create a looper thread using the base
> code
> above, and join to it for a maximum of 60 seconds.
>
> I am able to register to receive the GPS information, and set a
> LocationListener inside the Looper Thread, and receive the GPS information.
> When I get the onStatusChanged event with a status of 2 (Available), I want
> to stop/terminate the looperThread, so that I can continue on with the main
> thread, but I don't see any methods left that allow me to terminate it
> properly. The join times out, and the main thread continues, but the
> LooperThread never disappears.
>
> Should I be using another method with SDK 1.5.r2 ?
>
>
>
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Brad Gies
>
>
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> >
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