How to set a timer in android

Question

What is the proper way to set a timer in android in order to kick off a task (a function that I create which does not change the UI)? Use this the Java way: http://docs.ora

Answer 1

this example start the timer unitl destroyed in Kotlin

private lateinit var timerTask: TimerTask

 timerTask = object : TimerTask() {
        override fun run() {
            Log.d("KTZ", "$minutes:$seconds");
            timeRecordingLiveData.postValue("$minutes:$seconds")
            seconds += 1;
            if (seconds == 60) {
                Log.d("KTZ", "$minutes:$seconds");
                timeRecordingLiveData.postValue("$minutes:$seconds")
                seconds = 0;
                minutes += 1;
            }
        }

    }

Cancel the timertask in onDestroy()

timerTask.cancel()