How to exit a while loop after a certain time?

Question

I have a while loop and I want it to exit after some time has elapsed.

For example:

while(condition and 10 sec has not passed){

}

Answer 1

Something like:

long start_time = System.currentTimeMillis();
long wait_time = 10000;
long end_time = start_time + wait_time;

while (System.currentTimeMillis() < end_time) {
   //..
}

Should do the trick. If you need other conditions as well then just add them to the while statement.