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Does Threads in activity terminates when starting another?

I have an activity that starts 3 threads that make a "While(true)" loop

when i start a new activity, does those threads terminate themselves?

And another question, how do i start a new activity but i don't want to allow the 'back' button to return me to the old activity - actually i want to dispose the first activity and create and show a new one

thank you Ron

Solution

  • when i start a new activity, does those threads terminate themselves?

    No, they don't. You have to stop them before closing your activity.

    how do i start a new activity but i don't want to allow the 'back' button to return me to the old activity

    Just call finish() from your first activity when you start the second one :

    Intent intent = new Intent(...);
startActivity(intent);
finish();