Repeat a task with a time delay?

Question

I have a variable in my code say it is \"status\".

I want to display some text in the application depending on this variable value. This has to be done with a speci

Answer 1

In my case, I had to execute a process if one of these conditions were true: if a previous process was completed or if 5 seconds had already passed. So, I did the following and worked pretty well:

private Runnable mStatusChecker;
private Handler mHandler;

class {
method() {
  mStatusChecker = new Runnable() {
            int times = 0;
            @Override
            public void run() {
                if (times < 5) {
                    if (process1.isRead()) {
                        executeProcess2();
                    } else {
                        times++;
                        mHandler.postDelayed(mStatusChecker, 1000);
                    }
                } else {
                    executeProcess2();
                }
            }
        };

        mHandler = new Handler();
        startRepeatingTask();
}

    void startRepeatingTask() {
       mStatusChecker.run();
    }

    void stopRepeatingTask() {
        mHandler.removeCallbacks(mStatusChecker);
    }


}

If process1 is read, it executes process2. If not, it increments the variable times, and make the Handler be executed after one second. It maintains a loop until process1 is read or times is 5. When times is 5, it means that 5 seconds passed and in each second, the if clause of process1.isRead() is executed.