Android Countdown Timer to Date

Question

I am trying to make a countdown timer for a game/date in android. I want to create a timer that displays the days, hours, minutes, and seconds to a date I specify with a fin

Answer 1

Here is an Android built-in CountDownTimer that will display the time formatted to your days, hours, minutes, and seconds all in a TextView:

public class Example extends Activity {
    CountDownTimer mCountDownTimer;
    long mInitialTime = DateUtils.DAY_IN_MILLIS * 2 + 
                        DateUtils.HOUR_IN_MILLIS * 9 +
                        DateUtils.MINUTE_IN_MILLIS * 3 + 
                        DateUtils.SECOND_IN_MILLIS * 42;
    TextView mTextView;

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);

        mTextView = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.empty);

        mCountDownTimer = new CountDownTimer(mInitialTime, 1000) {
            StringBuilder time = new StringBuilder();
            @Override
            public void onFinish() {
                mTextView.setText(DateUtils.formatElapsedTime(0));
                //mTextView.setText("Times Up!");
            }

            @Override
            public void onTick(long millisUntilFinished) {
                time.setLength(0);
                 // Use days if appropriate
                if(millisUntilFinished > DateUtils.DAY_IN_MILLIS) {
                    long count = millisUntilFinished / DateUtils.DAY_IN_MILLIS;
                    if(count > 1)
                        time.append(count).append(" days ");
                    else
                        time.append(count).append(" day ");

                    millisUntilFinished %= DateUtils.DAY_IN_MILLIS;
                }

                time.append(DateUtils.formatElapsedTime(Math.round(millisUntilFinished / 1000d)));
                mTextView.setText(time.toString());
            }
        }.start();
    }
}