This worked for me like this. Introduce a static variable in main activity and regularly check for it how i did was below.
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
//This is the static variable introduced in main activity
public static boolean stopThread =false;
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
Thread thread = new Thread(new Thread1());
thread.start();
Button stp_thread= findViewById(R.id.button_stop);
stp_thread.setOnClickListener(new Button.OnClickListener(){
@Override
public void onClick(View v){
stopThread = true;
}
}
}
class Thread1 implements Runnable{
public void run() {
// YOU CAN DO IT ON BELOW WAY
while(!MainActivity.stopThread) {
Do Something here
}
//OR YOU CAN CALL RETURN AFTER EVERY LINE LIKE BELOW
process 1 goes here;
//Below method also could be used
if(stopThread==true){
return ;
}
// use this after every line
process 2 goes here;
//Below method also could be used
if(stopThread==true){
return ;
}
// use this after every line
process 3 goes here;
//Below method also could be used
if(stopThread==true){
return ;
}
// use this after every line
process 4 goes here;
}
}
}