Here is a class providing a cancel method for a delayed action
public class DelayedAction {
private Handler _handler;
private Runnable _runnable;
/**
* Constructor
* @param runnable The runnable
* @param delay The delay (in milli sec) to wait before running the runnable
*/
public DelayedAction(Runnable runnable, long delay) {
_handler = new Handler(Looper.getMainLooper());
_runnable = runnable;
_handler.postDelayed(_runnable, delay);
}
/**
* Cancel a runnable
*/
public void cancel() {
if ( _handler == null || _runnable == null ) {
return;
}
_handler.removeCallbacks(_runnable);
}}