Android - stop code midway?

Question

I am using a the TextToSpeech service. This is what my code looks like:

Speak("Test1");
Speak("Test2");
Speak("Test3");
Speak("Test4");
Speak("Test5");
//
public void Speak(String t)
{
if(enabled)
tts.speak(t);
}

In between the the 5 messages (test1->test5), there is a possibility of the boolean 'enabled' to be changed to false. However, if the code is started and then the boolean is changed to false, all 5 messages go through. I assume this is because all 5 "Speaks" are 'sent' almost instantly, faster than the boolean being changed. Is there a way around this?

Answer 1

It depends on the field declaration of enabled. Did you declare it as static? I guess you may not have declared it as static and enabled will come inside the scope of the object and not on the class. Also if you are using multithreading, use volatile for enabled.

PS: This should be a comment, but I don't have enough reputation to comment on this question.