diff --git a/camera/common/1.0/default/Android.bp b/camera/common/1.0/default/Android.bp
index 4a5ca83..1a4d16b 100644
--- a/camera/common/1.0/default/Android.bp
+++ b/camera/common/1.0/default/Android.bp
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
         "VendorTagDescriptor.cpp",
         "HandleImporter.cpp",
         "Exif.cpp",
+        "SimpleThread.cpp",
     ],
     cflags: [
         "-Werror",
diff --git a/camera/common/1.0/default/SimpleThread.cpp b/camera/common/1.0/default/SimpleThread.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..46e89ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/camera/common/1.0/default/SimpleThread.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2022 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#include "SimpleThread.h"
+
+namespace android {
+namespace hardware {
+namespace camera {
+namespace common {
+namespace helper {
+
+SimpleThread::SimpleThread() : mDone(true), mThread() {}
+SimpleThread::~SimpleThread() {
+    // Safe to call requestExitAndWait() from the destructor because requestExitAndWait() ensures
+    // that the thread is joinable before joining on it. This is different from how
+    // android::Thread worked.
+    requestExitAndWait();
+}
+
+void SimpleThread::run() {
+    requestExitAndWait();  // Exit current execution, if any.
+
+    // start thread
+    mDone.store(false, std::memory_order_release);
+    mThread = std::thread(&SimpleThread::runLoop, this);
+}
+
+void SimpleThread::requestExitAndWait() {
+    // Signal thread to stop
+    mDone.store(true, std::memory_order_release);
+
+    // Wait for thread to exit if needed. This should happen in no more than one iteration of
+    // threadLoop
+    if (mThread.joinable()) {
+        mThread.join();
+    }
+    mThread = std::thread();
+}
+
+void SimpleThread::runLoop() {
+    while (!exitPending()) {
+        if (!threadLoop()) {
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+}  // namespace helper
+}  // namespace common
+}  // namespace camera
+}  // namespace hardware
+}  // namespace android
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/camera/common/1.0/default/include/SimpleThread.h b/camera/common/1.0/default/include/SimpleThread.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d1becd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/camera/common/1.0/default/include/SimpleThread.h
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2022 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#ifndef HARDWARE_INTERFACES_CAMERA_COMMON_SIMPLETHREAD_H_
+#define HARDWARE_INTERFACES_CAMERA_COMMON_SIMPLETHREAD_H_
+
+#include <thread>
+
+namespace android {
+namespace hardware {
+namespace camera {
+namespace common {
+namespace helper {
+
+// A simple looper based on std::thread.
+class SimpleThread {
+  public:
+    SimpleThread();
+    virtual ~SimpleThread();
+
+    // Explicit call to start execution of the thread. No thread is created before this function
+    // is called.
+    virtual void run() final;
+    virtual void requestExitAndWait() final;
+
+  protected:
+    // Main logic of the thread. This function is called repeatedly until it returns false.
+    // Thread execution stops if this function returns false.
+    virtual bool threadLoop() = 0;
+
+    // Returns true if the thread execution should stop. Should be used by threadLoop to check if
+    // the thread has been requested to exit.
+    virtual inline bool exitPending() final { return mDone.load(std::memory_order_acquire); }
+
+  private:
+    // Wraps threadLoop in a simple while loop that allows safe exit
+    virtual void runLoop() final;
+
+    // Flag to signal end of thread execution. This flag is checked before every iteration
+    // of threadLoop.
+    std::atomic_bool mDone;
+    std::thread mThread;
+};
+
+}  // namespace helper
+}  // namespace common
+}  // namespace camera
+}  // namespace hardware
+}  // namespace android
+
+#endif  // HARDWARE_INTERFACES_CAMERA_COMMON_SIMPLETHREAD_H_