Exit from doing something every x seconds

Question

Hello everyone I'm trying to stop a method from doing something every 6 seconds once a certain criteria is met. I figured to use finish() but it redirects me back to the previous layout and still shows the toast message every 6 seconds. Here's the run method

protected static final long TIME_DELAY = 6000;

@Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_view);

        mHandler.post(updateTextRunnable);
    }

    Runnable updateTextRunnable=new Runnable(){  
        public void run() {       

            if(//Criteria==true){
                     message();
                         finish(); 
                }
                  mHandler.postDelayed(this, TIME_DELAY);  
                 }  
         };  

public void message(){

        Toast.makeText(this, "Found",
                Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
    }

How can I have it once the the criteria is met exit the run but still stay on the same layout

Answer 1

Only invoke your postDeleyed call if the criteria is false (ie add an else statement as below).

if(//Criteria==true){    
    message();   
    finish();  
} else {    
    mHandler.postDelayed(this, TIME_DELAY);   
}