How to stop the launch of a thread done with postDelayed

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I have a service tha launch a thread after 15 sec. This is a snippet of my code:

        Handler mHandler = new Handler();
        OverclockThread ocThread = new OverclockThread();
        ocThread.ocPreference = readPreference("oc");
        ocThread.serviceOn = true;

        if (Intent.ACTION_SCREEN_ON.equals(action)) {
            ocThread.screenOff = false;
            mHandler.postDelayed(ocThread, 15000);
        }

Now I'd like to add the ability to stop the launching of my ocThread before these 15 seconds...for example by pressing a button or a checkbox...which command I have to use to stop a thread launched with postDelayed?

thanks

simone

possible duplicate of [How to remove a runnable from a handler object added by postDelayed?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3627216/how-to-remove-a-runnable-from-a-handler-object-added-by-postdelayed) — sschuberth, Jul 05 '13 at 14:15

score 11 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 16 '14 at 05:51

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I'have used:

mHandler.removeCallbacks(ocThread);

edited Dec 16 '14 at 05:51

Aziz Shaikh

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answered Feb 06 '11 at 22:00

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can i also use emptyMessage since i just need it for timing purposed? – Mikey Sep 27 '12 at 09:33

How to stop the launch of a thread done with postDelayed

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