Stopping a thread inside a service

Question

I have a thread inside a service and I would like to be able to stop the thread when I press the buttonStop on my main activity class.

In my main activi

Answer 1

You can't stop a thread that has a running unstoppable loop like this

while(true)
{

}

To stop that thread, declare a boolean variable and use it in while-loop condition.

public class MyService extends Service {
      ... 
      private Thread mythread;
      private boolean running;



     @Override
     public void onDestroy()
     {
         running = false;
         super.onDestroy();
     }

     @Override
     public void onStart(Intent intent, int startid) {

         running = true;
       mythread = new Thread() { 
       @Override
       public void run() {
         while(running) {
                   MY CODE TO RUN;
                 }
         }
       };
     };
     mythread.start();

}

Answer 2

You call onDestroy() method for stop service.