How can I invoke a method every 5 seconds in android?

Question

I\'m working in an application which must send a GPS location every 5 seconds to the server when I choose (auto send button on). I\'m new with android so I don\'t know how I

Answer 1

I have faced exactly the same problem, sending location periodically. I've used a handler and its postDelayed method.

The periodic call part of my code looks like this:

private final int FIVE_SECONDS = 5000;
public void scheduleSendLocation() {
    handler.postDelayed(new Runnable() {
        public void run() {
            sendLocation();          // this method will contain your almost-finished HTTP calls
            handler.postDelayed(this, FIVE_SECONDS);
        }
    }, FIVE_SECONDS);
}

Then you just need to call scheduleSendLocation when you want to start your period calls.