Android - running a method periodically using postDelayed() call

Question

I have a situation in an Android app where I want to start a network activity (sending out some data) which should run every second. I achieve this as follows:

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Answer 1

Handler h = new Handler() {
    @Override
    public void handleMessage(Message msg) {
        super.handleMessage(msg);
        if (msg.what==0){
            // do stuff
            h.removeMessages(0);  // clear the handler for those messages with what = 0
            h.sendEmptyMessageDelayed(0, 2000); 
        }
    }
};


 h.sendEmptyMessage(0);