timer in android example code

Timer works as in every frequent as assign the time. Timer is used mainly in Slide show, Stop watch etc.

Here is the code to work with timer in android.

First need to declare timer variable as in android Java:

Timer t;

Create the object for Timer as:

t = new Timer();    

Code to use of time and assign the frequency of time; You just need to call the timer;

public void StartTimer()

    {

       t = new Timer();

      

           t.scheduleAtFixedRate(new TimerTask() {

               @Override

               public void run() {

                      runOnUiThread(new Runnable()

                    {

                        @Override

                        public void run()

                        {

                   //Called each time when 1000 milliseconds (1 second) (the period parameter)

                     //Your code should be here

                        }

                    });

               }

                   

           },

           //Set how long before to start calling the TimerTask (in milliseconds)

           0,

           //Set the amount of time between each execution (in milliseconds)

           5000);

    }

If you want to stop the timer you need to call the below method;

public void StopTimer()

    {

       t.cancel();

    }