stopping android handler loop

Question

Hi, i am using a class which extends Handler class to update my activity UI. The code is as follows in side main activity,

///////////////////////////////

public class RefreshHandler extends Handler {

     public void handleMessage(Message msg) {


      Homeform.this.updateUI();
     }
     public void sleep(long delayMillis) {
      this.removeMessages(0);
         sendMessageDelayed(obtainMessage(0), delayMillis);
     }
 };

 private void updateUI(){
  Log.v("","== I am inside Update UUI=====================");

  refresh();
     mRedrawHandler.sleep(5000);

 }

/////////////////////////// And i had call this method handleMessage() on the object of RefreshHandler as follows

///////////////////////////////////////////

mRedrawHandler = new RefreshHandler();

mRedrawHandler.handleMessage(new Message());

//////////////////////////////////////////////// But here i am facing one problem that is it is running after closing my application also .

please solve my problem to stop this handler when close this application.

ThanQ.....

Answer 1

Something like this should work:

if(!isFinishing()) {
    sendMessageDelayed(obtainMessage(0), delayMillis);
}

i.e. add that if-statement around your sendmessage-line