How can I do something, 0.5 second after text changed in my EditText?

Question

I am filtering my list using an EditText. I want to filter the list 0.5 second after user has finished typing in EditText. I used the afterTextChanged

Answer 1

Try this

class DelayTextWatcher(val ms: Long = 500, val textChanged: (String) -> Unit) : TextWatcher {

private var timer: CountDownTimer? = null
override fun afterTextChanged(p0: Editable) {
    timer?.cancel()
    timer = object : CountDownTimer(ms, ms) {
        override fun onTick(millisUntilFinished: Long) {

        }

        override fun onFinish() {
            textChanged(p0.toString())
        }
    }.start()
}

override fun beforeTextChanged(p0: CharSequence?, p1: Int, p2: Int, p3: Int) {
}

override fun onTextChanged(p0: CharSequence?, p1: Int, p2: Int, p3: Int) {
}

fun dispose() {
    timer?.cancel()
}

}