How to stop a NSThread in iphone? [duplicate]

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I have called a method using NSthread. I want to stop the thread on a click event of button. How can 开发者_如何学编程I achieve that?

[NSThread detachNewThreadSelector:@selector(playVideo) toTarget:self withObject:nil]; 

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Try the the documentation for Threading, or better yet use NSOperation to perform the playVideo maintain a reference to the operation in your viewController and send a cancel message to the operation. Refer to the documentationNSOperation documentation