title: how to stop Handler in Android?
body: <p>In My Application my handler doesn't stop. How can I stop the handler?<br>
  It continues to start after closing the activity. What can i do? </p>
  
  <p>the code is :</p>
  
  <pre><code> handler = new Handler()
          {
              @Override
              public void handleMessage(Message msg) 
              {
                  // TODO Auto-generated method stub
                  super.handleMessage(msg);
                  if(i&lt;max)
                  {
                      evnetChangedisplay(i);
                      i++;
                          handler.sendEmptyMessageDelayed(0, 5000);
                      }
                  else
                      {
                          i = 0;
                          handler.sendEmptyMessageDelayed(0,0000);
                      }
                  }
          };
  handler.sendEmptyMessageDelayed(0,000);
  </code></pre>