What is the equivalent of javascript setTimeout in Java?

Question

I need to implement a function to run after 60 seconds of clicking a button. Please help, I used the Timer class, but I think that that is not the best way.

Answer 1

Do not use Thread.sleep or it will freeze your main thread and not simulate setTimeout from JS. You need to create and start a new background thread to run your code without stoping the execution of the main thread. Like this:

new Thread() {
    @Override
    public void run() {
        try {
            this.sleep(3000);
        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }


        // your code here

    }
}.start();