How can I do something every second? [LibGDX]

Question

Lets say I want to make a loop or something that prints out, for example, \"Mario\" every second. How can I do this? Can\'t seem to find any good tutorials that teach this a

Answer 1

I used the TimeUtils of libgdx to change my splashscreen after 1.5 seconds. The code was something like this:

initialize:

long startTime = 0;

in create method:

startTime = TimeUtils.nanoTime();

returns the current value of the system timer, in nanoseconds.

in update, or render method:

if (TimeUtils.timeSinceNanos(startTime) > 1000000000) { 
// if time passed since the time you set startTime at is more than 1 second 

//your code here

//also you can set the new startTime
//so this block will execute every one second
startTime = TimeUtils.nanoTime();
}

• check out the libgdx API : TimeUtils

For some reason my solution seemes more elegant to me that those offered here :)