Android run thread in service every X seconds

Question

I want to create a thread in an Android service that runs every X seconds

I am currently using , but the postdelayed method seems to really lag out my app.

Answer 1

Here is how I run a repeating thread, as you'll see it loops every 1 second. I see no lag with this method.

final Thread t = new Thread(new RepeatingThread());
t.start();

And the class:

import android.os.Handler;

public class RepeatingThread implements Runnable {

    private final Handler mHandler = new Handler();

    public RepeatingThread() {

    }

    @Override
    public void run() { 
        mHandler.postDelayed(this, 1000);       
    }
}