How to create a count-up effect for a textView in Android

Question

I am working on an app that counts the number of questions marks in a few paragraphs of text.

After the scanning is done (which takes no time at all) I would love to

Answer 1

Maybe try changing the for loop to something like:

int count = 0;
while (count != sent) {
    if ((SystemClock.uptimeMillis() - freezeTime) > 500) {
        count++;
        sentScore.setText("" + count);
        freezeTime = SystemClock.uptimeMillis();
    }
}