postDelayed Handler doesn't stop

Question

what I need is when competition.isTimerStarted turns false this runnable should start buttonsProcedure() once and stop itself But this doesn't happen - buttonsProcedure() is being called forever and runnable doesn't stop.

 timerRun=new Runnable()
            {
                 @Override
                 public void run() {

                     timerTVmainmenue.setText(competition.getTimerTime());
                     if (!competition.isTimerStarted) {thandler.removeCallbacks(timerRun);Log.d("MyLog","timerrun is blame for infinite butproc");buttonsProcedure();}
                thandler.postDelayed(timerRun, 243); //looping this for every 243 ms
                 }
            };

how can I stop it properly?

Answer 1

        timerRun=new Runnable()
        {
             @Override
             public void run() {

                 timerTVmainmenue.setText(competition.getTimerTime());
                 if (!competition.isTimerStarted){
                thandler.removeCallbacks(this);
                Log.d("MyLog","timerrun is blame for infinite butproc");
                 buttonsProcedure();
                 return;
             }
            thandler.postDelayed(this, 243); //looping this for every 243 ms
             }
        };

you have to add return inside the if condition or use the if-else construct