How can I show a toast for a specific duration?
This is the way I have to show the Toast for 500 milliseconds. Though, it's showing more than a second. Toast.makeText(LiveChat.this, "Typing", 500).show(); How can I show Toast only for 500 milliseconds? This cannot be done. To show a toast for a length shorter than Toast.LENGTH_SHORT , you must cancel it after the time you want. Something like: final Toast toast = Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "This message will disappear in half a second", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT); toast.show(); Handler handler = new Handler(); handler.postDelayed(new Runnable() { @Override public void run() { toast