What Happens To This Thread Runnable At The End Once It Is Completed?

I have this thread which downloads a few images from the server. So once it downloads the images I call the handler and carry on UI updation. So since stop() for thread is deprecat

Solution 1:

The thread will end and die on its own. You don't have to end it yourself. You won't be able to restart it without creating a new Thread object. The garbage collector will handle whatever memory needs to be release. The object will stay in memory as long as you hold a reference to it. Remove the reference, and the garbage collector will remove the object just like any other.

Solution 2:

You should look into the ExecutorService and Executors.

If its the same as regular Java then it provides some powerful thread management including shutting down all the threads at once.