Java: How to stop thread? [duplicate]

Answer 1

You can create a boolean field and check it inside run:

public class Task implements Runnable {

   private volatile boolean isRunning = true;

   public void run() {

     while (isRunning) {
         //do work
     }
   }

   public void kill() {
       isRunning = false;
   }

}

To stop it just call

task.kill();

This should work.