Is this a prefect way to stop handlerthread?

Question

I always create two handler: one is wraping on main thread, another is wraping on a single thread.

Is this a best method to start and stop these in an Activity lifec

Answer 1

I know it's a somewhat old question, but I stumble across it looking for the same answer and further researching I don't believe the current answer applies very well to HandlerThread (although absolutely correct for normal threads)

HandlerThread have a builtin quit() and quitSafely(API18) methods to stop the thread. https://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/HandlerThread.html#quit()

the difference between the two is only if the messages in queue will be processed before it stops or not.

so to answer, it's as simple as:

safeThread.quit();