diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 49166ee..14a933e 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -7,15 +7,17 @@ task wrapper(type: Wrapper) {
 buildscript {
     repositories {
         mavenCentral()
+        maven { url 'https://jitpack.io' }
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:1.1.2'
-        classpath 'com.jakewharton.sdkmanager:gradle-plugin:0.10.+'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.2.0'
+        classpath 'com.github.JakeWharton:sdk-manager-plugin:220bf7a88a7072df3ed16dc8466fb144f2817070'
     }
 }
 
 allprojects {
     repositories {
         mavenCentral()
+
     }
 }
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 918e0f3..80d7895 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-#Sun May 03 23:34:25 CST 2015
+#Mon Oct 24 10:24:31 CEST 2016
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-2.2.1-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-2.14.1-all.zip
diff --git a/library/src/main/java/com/daimajia/slider/library/SliderLayout.java b/library/src/main/java/com/daimajia/slider/library/SliderLayout.java
index ba36e5e..5179f3d 100644
--- a/library/src/main/java/com/daimajia/slider/library/SliderLayout.java
+++ b/library/src/main/java/com/daimajia/slider/library/SliderLayout.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import android.os.Message;
 import android.support.v4.view.PagerAdapter;
 import android.util.AttributeSet;
+import android.util.Log;
 import android.view.LayoutInflater;
 import android.view.MotionEvent;
 import android.view.View;
@@ -86,6 +87,7 @@
  */
 public class SliderLayout extends RelativeLayout{
 
+    private static final String LOG_TAG = "Android SLIDER";
     private Context mContext;
     /**
      * InfiniteViewPager is extended from ViewPagerEx. As the name says, it can scroll without bounder.
@@ -106,14 +108,14 @@ public class SliderLayout extends RelativeLayout{
     /**
      * A timer and a TimerTask using to cycle the {@link com.daimajia.slider.library.Tricks.ViewPagerEx}.
      */
-    private Timer mCycleTimer;
-    private TimerTask mCycleTask;
+    private static Timer mCycleTimer;
+    private static TimerTask mCycleTask;
 
     /**
      * For resuming the cycle, after user touch or click the {@link com.daimajia.slider.library.Tricks.ViewPagerEx}.
      */
-    private Timer mResumingTimer;
-    private TimerTask mResumingTask;
+    private static Timer mResumingTimer;
+    private static TimerTask mResumingTask;
 
     /**
      * If {@link com.daimajia.slider.library.Tricks.ViewPagerEx} is Cycling
@@ -526,6 +528,18 @@ public void setPresetTransformer(Transformer ts){
     }
 
 
+    @Override
+    public void onDetachedFromWindow() {
+        super.onDetachedFromWindow();
+        Log.d(LOG_TAG, "onDetachedFromWindow() ***");
+        if(mCycleTimer != null) mCycleTimer.cancel();
+        if(mCycleTask != null) mCycleTask.cancel();
+        if(mResumingTask != null) mResumingTask.cancel();
+        if(mResumingTimer != null) mResumingTimer.cancel();
+        mh.removeCallbacksAndMessages(null);
+    }
+
+
 
     /**
      * Set the visibility of the indicators.