How to interrupt Console.ReadLine

Question

Is it possible to stop the Console.ReadLine() programmatically?

I have a console application: the much of the logic runs on a different thread and in th

Answer 1

So here is a Solution working on Windows 10 and not using any fancy threading or dllimport magic. It worked fine for me I hope it helps.

I basically create a stream reader sitting on the standard input. Reading it kinda "async" and just dispose the stream reader if I want to cancel the readline.

Here is my Code:

    private System.IO.StreamReader stdinsr = new System.IO.StreamReader(Console.OpenStandardInput());
    [DebuggerHidden]
    private string ReadLine() {
        return stdinsr.ReadLineAsync().Result;
    }

    protected override void OnExit(ExitEventArgs e) {
        base.OnExit(e);

        commandLooper.Abort();
        stdinsr.Dispose();
    }

NOTE: Yes I read async but I wait for the task result so its basically still waiting for user input.