Check whether the thread is running or not in c#

Question

I have created a function in c# code which called ZipFolders. In fact I am calling it from a Unity button and when it pressed try to zip folders inside a dir. Since in the same time I wanted to do something else I tried to call that function in a new thread. My question is how can I check if that thread is running or has stopped. My code

onGUI():

if (GUI.Button (new Rect (390, 250, 100, 50), "ZIP_FILES")) { Thread thread = new Thread(new ThreadStart(zipFile)); thread.Start(); }

I want in an update function to check every time fi the thread is running or has stopped. How can I do so?

Possible duplicate of Thread.IsAlive and Thread.ThreadState==ThreadState.Running — Henrik
– Henrik, Commented Dec 3, 2015 at 10:36

Irshad · Accepted Answer · 2015-12-03 10:54:30Z

You can use thread.ThreadState property

EDIT:

You can do like this;

public class YourClass { private Thread _thread; private void YourMethod() { if (GUI.Button (new Rect (390, 250, 100, 50), "ZIP_FILES")) { _thread = new Thread(new ThreadStart(zipFile)); _thread.Start(); } } private void YourAnotherMethod() { if (_thread.ThreadState.Equals(ThreadState.Running)) { //Do .... } } }

How can I check the thread state in another block of code?From where should I call thread state in order to check it all the time?
Make the thread a class variable and you can call it anywhere you want.

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