How to force stop thread

Question

I have PublishSubject for observing status change and also I have method with multiple steps, which I execute in another thread. How I can force stop this thread when subject received changes?

Answer 1

In spite of stopping a thread, you can stop emitting new elements and release resources of your PublishSubject. Inside your PublishSubject add a check for isDisposed and if it is true - stop emitting and call onCompleted. From your code dispose of your PublishSubject. I hope it'll help.