hi,

i have an ImageView in which the picture switches every 5s, i am
trying to add a pause and

resume button that can stop and restart the action.  i am using a
Handler, Runnable, and

postDelay() for image switch, and i put the code on onResume.  i am
thinking about using

wait and notify for the pause and resume, but that would mean creating
an extra thread.  so

far for the thread, i have this:

class RecipeDisplayThread extends Thread
        {
        boolean pleaseWait = false;

        // This method is called when the thread runs
        public void run() {
            while (true) {
                // Do work

                // Check if should wait
                synchronized (this) {
                    while (pleaseWait) {
                        try {
                            wait();
                        } catch (Exception e) {
                        }
                    }
                }

                // Do work
            }
        }

        }

and in the main activity's onCreate():

                Button pauseButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.pause);

                pauseButton.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener()
                {
                        public void onClick(View view)
                        {
                                while (true) {

                                synchronized (thread)
                                {
                                thread.pleaseWait = true;
                                }
                                }

                        }
                });

                Button resumeButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.resume);

                resumeButton.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener()
                {
                        public void onClick(View view)
                        {
                                while (true) {

                                // Resume the thread
                            synchronized (thread)
                            {
                                thread.pleaseWait = false;
                                thread.notify();
                            }
                                }

                        }
                });

the pause button seems to work, but then after that i can't press any
other button, such as

the resume button.

thanks.

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