androidcountdownchronometer

Put delay in time while running the chronometer


I have an android app in which count up timer is included I used a chronometer for it.....

Now there is a scenario that after every 10 sec, 1 sec should change in chronometer I used handler.postdelyed() but in this, the chronometer starts running after 10 sec but the timer of chronometer starts from 10 sec, not 1 sec. Is there any method that I can make count up timer with delay in it.

Here is my code:

chronometer_life_gained.setOnChronometerTickListener(new Chronometer.OnChronometerTickListener() {
    @Override
    public void onChronometerTick(final Chronometer chronometer) {
        long delay = (206 / Long.parseLong(joint_per_day))*1000;
        System.out.println("delayer " + delay);
        final Handler handler = new Handler();
        handler.postDelayed(new Runnable() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
        if ((SystemClock.elapsedRealtime() - chronometer.getBase()) < 60000) {
            long dy = TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.toDays(SystemClock.elapsedRealtime() - chronometer.getBase());
            final long hr = TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.toHours(SystemClock.elapsedRealtime() - chronometer.getBase())
                    - TimeUnit.DAYS.toHours(TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.toDays(SystemClock.elapsedRealtime() - chronometer.getBase()));
            final long min = TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.toMinutes(SystemClock.elapsedRealtime() - chronometer.getBase())
                    - TimeUnit.HOURS.toMinutes(TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.toHours(SystemClock.elapsedRealtime() - chronometer.getBase()));
            final long sec = TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.toSeconds(SystemClock.elapsedRealtime() - chronometer.getBase())
                    - TimeUnit.MINUTES.toSeconds(TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.toMinutes(SystemClock.elapsedRealtime() - chronometer.getBase()));

            year_num_life_gained.setVisibility(View.GONE);
            year_text_life_gained.setVisibility(View.GONE);
            month_num_life_gained.setVisibility(View.GONE);
            month_text_life_gained.setVisibility(View.GONE);
            day_num_life_gained.setVisibility(View.GONE);
            day_text_life_gained.setVisibility(View.GONE);
            hour_num_life_gained.setVisibility(View.GONE);
            hour_text_life_gained.setVisibility(View.GONE);
            min_num_life_gained.setVisibility(View.GONE);
            min_text_life_gained.setVisibility(View.GONE);
            sec_num_life_gained.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
            sec_text_life_gained.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
            RelativeLayout.LayoutParams params = new RelativeLayout.LayoutParams(RelativeLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, RelativeLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);

            params.addRule(RelativeLayout.CENTER_VERTICAL);
            params.addRule(RelativeLayout.ALIGN_PARENT_START);
            sec_num_life_gained.setLayoutParams(params);

            sec_num_life_gained.setText(Long.toString(sec));


        }
//
            }
        }, delay);

//    }

    }
});

Thanks in advance


Solution

  • You can achieve it with CountDownTimer, although it is by name count down timer, but we can make it work to count up.

    // Counter variable to show seconds increment
    int counter = 4000;
    
    // If you want to count until 60 seconds, put VALUE_IN_MILLIS_UNTIL_YOU_WANT_TO_COUNT_UP = 60000 (in milliseconds)
    elapsedTimer = new CountDownTimer(VALUE_IN_MILLIS_UNTIL_YOU_WANT_TO_COUNT_UP, 5000) {
        @Override
        public void onTick(long l) {
    // Logically, we need 
    long elapsedTime = SystemClock.elapsedRealtime() - startTime - counter;
            long dy = TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.toDays(elapsedTime);
            final long yr = dy / 365;
            dy %= 365;
    
            final long mn = dy / 30;
            dy %= 30;
    
            final long hr = TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.toHours(elapsedTime)
                    - TimeUnit.DAYS.toHours(TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.toDays(elapsedTime));
            final long min = TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.toMinutes(elapsedTime)
                    - TimeUnit.HOURS.toMinutes(TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.toHours(elapsedTime));
            final long sec = TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.toSeconds(elapsedTime)
                    - TimeUnit.MINUTES.toSeconds(TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.toMinutes(elapsedTime));
            // add 4000 as 4 seconds to counter value
            counter = counter + 4000;
            txView.setText(counter + " second");
        }
    }.start();