How to handle multiple countdown timers in ListView?

Question

I have a listview (with a custom list adapter), I need to display a countdown on every row.

For example, if my list contains 4 items, I will have 4 rows. At this po

Answer 1

Instead of trying to show the remaining time for all, the idea is to update the remaining time for the items which are visible.

Please follow the following sample code and let me know :

MainActivity :

public class MainActivity extends Activity {

private ListView lvItems;
private List lstProducts;

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

    lvItems = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.lvItems);
    lstProducts = new ArrayList<>();
    lstProducts.add(new Product("A", System.currentTimeMillis() + 10000));
    lstProducts.add(new Product("B", System.currentTimeMillis() + 20000));
    lstProducts.add(new Product("C", System.currentTimeMillis() + 20000));
    lstProducts.add(new Product("D", System.currentTimeMillis() + 20000));
    lstProducts.add(new Product("E", System.currentTimeMillis() + 20000));
    lstProducts.add(new Product("F", System.currentTimeMillis() + 20000));
    lstProducts.add(new Product("G", System.currentTimeMillis() + 30000));
    lstProducts.add(new Product("H", System.currentTimeMillis() + 20000));
    lstProducts.add(new Product("I", System.currentTimeMillis() + 20000));
    lstProducts.add(new Product("J", System.currentTimeMillis() + 40000));
    lstProducts.add(new Product("K", System.currentTimeMillis() + 20000));
    lstProducts.add(new Product("L", System.currentTimeMillis() + 50000));
    lstProducts.add(new Product("M", System.currentTimeMillis() + 60000));
    lstProducts.add(new Product("N", System.currentTimeMillis() + 20000));
    lstProducts.add(new Product("O", System.currentTimeMillis() + 10000));

    lvItems.setAdapter(new CountdownAdapter(MainActivity.this, lstProducts));
}

private class Product {
    String name;
    long expirationTime;

    public Product(String name, long expirationTime) {
        this.name = name;
        this.expirationTime = expirationTime;
    }
}


public class CountdownAdapter extends ArrayAdapter {

    private LayoutInflater lf;
    private List lstHolders;
    private Handler mHandler = new Handler();
    private Runnable updateRemainingTimeRunnable = new Runnable() {
        @Override
        public void run() {
            synchronized (lstHolders) {
                long currentTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
                for (ViewHolder holder : lstHolders) {
                    holder.updateTimeRemaining(currentTime);
                }
            }
        }
    };

    public CountdownAdapter(Context context, List objects) {
        super(context, 0, objects);
        lf = LayoutInflater.from(context);
        lstHolders = new ArrayList<>();
        startUpdateTimer();
    }

    private void startUpdateTimer() {
        Timer tmr = new Timer();
        tmr.schedule(new TimerTask() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                mHandler.post(updateRemainingTimeRunnable);
            }
        }, 1000, 1000);
    }

    @Override
    public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
        ViewHolder holder = null;
        if (convertView == null) {
            holder = new ViewHolder();
            convertView = lf.inflate(R.layout.list_item, parent, false);
            holder.tvProduct = (TextView) convertView.findViewById(R.id.tvProduct);
            holder.tvTimeRemaining = (TextView) convertView.findViewById(R.id.tvTimeRemaining);
            convertView.setTag(holder);
            synchronized (lstHolders) {
                lstHolders.add(holder);
            }
        } else {
            holder = (ViewHolder) convertView.getTag();
        }

        holder.setData(getItem(position));

        return convertView;
    }
}

private class ViewHolder {
    TextView tvProduct;
    TextView tvTimeRemaining;
    Product mProduct;

    public void setData(Product item) {
        mProduct = item;
        tvProduct.setText(item.name);
        updateTimeRemaining(System.currentTimeMillis());
    }

    public void updateTimeRemaining(long currentTime) {
        long timeDiff = mProduct.expirationTime - currentTime;
        if (timeDiff > 0) {
            int seconds = (int) (timeDiff / 1000) % 60;
            int minutes = (int) ((timeDiff / (1000 * 60)) % 60);
            int hours = (int) ((timeDiff / (1000 * 60 * 60)) % 24);
            tvTimeRemaining.setText(hours + " hrs " + minutes + " mins " + seconds + " sec");
        } else {
            tvTimeRemaining.setText("Expired!!");
        }
    }
}
}

activity_main.xml :

list_item.xml