[android-developers] Re: Stopping a Thread

abstinence -Original Message- From: android-developers@googlegroups.com [mailto:android-develop...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Cyril Jaquier Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 11:25 AM To: android-developers@googlegroups.com Subject: [android-developers] Re: Stopping a Thread Hi Brad, Can anyone

[android-developers] Re: Stopping a Thread

Hi Brad, Can anyone tell me how to safely stop a thread? You can't stop a thread but you can let it die. Just return from the Thread#run method. Most of the time you will have something like: public volatile boolean shutdownRequested = false; public void run() { while