Android Chronometer format

Question

How can I set Android Chronometer format to HH:MM:SS??

Answer 1

After some testing, I came up with this code. It's not fully tested but you can provide me with more info if you

private void formatChronometerText(Chronometer c) {
    int cTextSize = c.getText().length();
    if (cTextSize == 5) {
        breakingTime.setFormat("00:%s");
    } else if (cTextSize == 7) {
        breakingTime.setFormat("0%s");
    } else if (cTextSize == 8) {
        breakingTime.setFormat("%s");
    }
}

I called this method in the onCreate() method eg.

Chronometer c = ...
...
formatChronometerText(c);
c.setText("00:00:00");

I'll be back in a day to verify if it works or it needs to be called also after the size of the text changes. If you are a precautious person I suggest that you call it in the same context with c.start() and c.stop()

if(ticking){
    c.stop();
    formatChronometerText(c);
} else {
    formatChronometerText(c);
    c.start()
}