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

Starting a runnable every few seconds is gonna have some lag no matter what way you slice it, no? I don't see why a Handler shouldn't work just fine.

You might be experiencing some troubles though because you have

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

Instead, you should use the Handler and do something like:

void startRepeatingTask()
{
    m_handler.post(m_handlerTask); 
}

(As an aside, the convention in Java is to use camel case, not snake case. So it should be mHandler, not m_handler, etc. Just telling you because it might make your code easier to read for some.)