How to stop a NSThread in iphone?

Question

I have called a method using NSthread. I want to stop the thread on a click event of button. How can i achieve that ?Please help me out.Thanks.

[NSThread detachNewThreadSelector:@selector(playVideo) toTarget:self withObject:nil]; 

Answer 1

Try the the documentation for Threading, or better yet use NSOperation to perform the playVideo maintain a reference to the operation in your viewController and send a cancel message to the operation. Refer to the documentationNSOperation documentation

Answer 2

Possible Duplicate of : How to exit NSThread