Exit NSThread

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how to exit thread while its in running mode...when i use NSThread exit my app get hanged... Can any one help me ? what could i use here to exit thread or close thread

Thanks Its my first post here.

This may be a duplicate of this question: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/909283/how-to-exit-nsthread — Brad Larson, May 27 '09 at 12:14
Agree with Brad, and that question has a pretty good answer that is more substantial than the one currently shown here. — danielpunkass, May 27 '09 at 14:20

score 6 · Answer 1 · answered May 27 '09 at 04:22

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The routine you're looking for is return.

The thread will terminate when the function that you launched it with finishes. You don't need to terminate the NSThread; it will handle that itself. You just need to return from the function call.

answered May 27 '09 at 04:22

Rob Napier

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 10 '16 at 04:10

I assume you're looking for a way to cancel a thread once you've started it. It's all in the set up. Here's an example:

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void) doCalculation{ /* Do your calculation here */ }
- (void) calculationThreadEntry{ NSAutoreleasePool *pool = [[NSAutoreleasePool alloc] init]; NSUInteger counter = 0; while ([[NSThread currentThread] isCancelled] == NO){ [self doCalculation]; counter++; if (counter >= 1000){ break; } } [pool release]; } application:(UIApplication *)application
- (BOOL) didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary )launchOptions{ / Start the thread */ [NSThread detachNewThreadSelector:@selector(calculationThreadEntry) toTarget:self withObject:nil]; // Override point for customization after application launch. [self.window makeKeyAndVisible]; return YES; }

In this example, the loop is conditioned on the thread being in a non-cancelled state.

Exit NSThread

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