How to properly stop the Thread in Java?

Question

I need a solution to properly stop the thread in Java.

I have IndexProcessorclass which implements the Runnable interface:

public class          


        

Answer 1

I didn't get the interrupt to work in Android, so I used this method, works perfectly:

boolean shouldCheckUpdates = true;

private void startupCheckForUpdatesEveryFewSeconds() {
    threadCheckChat = new Thread(new CheckUpdates());
    threadCheckChat.start();
}

private class CheckUpdates implements Runnable{
    public void run() {
        while (shouldCheckUpdates){
            System.out.println("Do your thing here");
        }
    }
}

 public void stop(){
        shouldCheckUpdates = false;
 }