To elaborate and agree...

Run your thread in a loop such as:

while (isRunning) {
        // work done here
}

and have a method such as:

-(void)stopThread {
        isRunning = NO;
}

On 3 Jan 2010, at 16:56, Glenn L. Austin wrote:

> Your best bet -- have a flag that the thread can check for exiting.
> 
> Terminating a thread from outside the thread could leave resources locked and 
> unavailable.
> 
> On Jan 2, 2010, at 9:49 PM, Tharindu Madushanka wrote:
> 
>> I am creating a thread with method detachNewThreadSelector:
>> 
>> How could I stop the thread while it is running ?
> 
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