I am making a chess clock but in it I need a delay (Like it waits 10 seconds before counting). I used a Handler for it but if the button is clicked in the 10 seconds, nothing happens. Please help! Thanks! My code:
mHandler.postDelayed(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
// count down timer start
timer2 = new CountDownTimer(totalSeconds, Integer.parseInt(delay.getText().toString())) {
public void onTick(long millisUntilFinished) {
secondsTimer = (int) (millisUntilFinished / 1000) % 60;
minutesTimer = (int) ((millisUntilFinished / (1000 * 60)) % 60);
hoursTimer = (int) ((millisUntilFinished / (1000 * 60 * 60)) % 24);
person2.setText(hoursTimer + ":" + minutesTimer + ":" + secondsTimer);
}
public void onFinish() {
person2.setText("Time Up!");
person2.setBackgroundColor(Color.RED);
mp.start();
}
}.start();
}
}, finalDelay);
I want a delay but I don't want to lock the UI and make the app unresponsive as it is doing right now with the handler. Any help will be appreciated! Thanks in advance!
I think you shouldn't put CountdownTimer into Handler. You could create 2 handler instead. Here is an example.
private void startHandlerAndWait10Seconds(){
Handler handler1 = new Handler();
handler1.postDelayed(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
// Start Countdown timer after wait for 10 seconds
startCountDown();
}
}, 10000);
}
private void startCountDown {
final Handler handler2 = new Handler();
handler2.post(new Runnable() {
int seconds = 60;
public void run() {
seconds--;
mhello.setText("" + seconds);
if (seconds < 0) {
// DO SOMETHING WHEN TIMES UP
stopTimer = true;
}
if(stopTimer == false) {
handler2.postDelayed(this, 1000);
}
}
});
}