Android - loop part of the code every 5 seconds

Question

I would like to start repeating two lines of code every 5 seconds when I press the button START and end it, when I press the button STOP. I was trynig with a TimerTask and H

Answer 1

You can use CountDownTimer as the following method:

private CountDownTimer timer;

timer = new CountDownTimer(5000, 20) {

    @Override
    public void onTick(long millisUntilFinished) {

    }

    @Override
    public void onFinish() {
        try{
            yourMethod();
        }catch(Exception e){
            Log.e("Error", "Error: " + e.toString());
        }
    }
}.start();

And then to call the timer again:

public void yourMethod(){
    //do what you want
    timer.start();
}

To cancel the timer, you can call timer.cancel();

Hope it helps!