Try using the alarm service or use a hanlder with postDelayed ().
J2SE things may be supported in Android, but you don't always get the
same result, particularly with issues involving threads.
M
On Dec 8, 7:45 pm, Xiongzh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I was going to update the 'hello world' message in a edit text box by
> java.util.Timer.
> But it did not work as in a simple Java application.
> Maybe the way in Android is to put the timer in a service.
> But I'll like to know the reason: why does java.util.Timer not make
> sense in Activity?
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
> package com.example.android.helloactivity;
>
> import java.util.Timer;
> import java.util.TimerTask;
>
> import android.app.Activity;
> import android.os.Bundle;
> import android.widget.EditText;
>
> /**
> * A minimal "Hello, World!" application.
> */
> public class HelloActivity extends Activity {
>
> private Timer helloTimer = new Timer();
> int seq = 0;
>
> public HelloActivity() {
> }
>
> @Override
> protected void onResume() {
> sayHelloWorld();
> helloTimer.schedule(new TimerTask() {
>
> @Override
> public void run() {
> System.out.println("timer run");
> sayHelloWorld();
> }
>
> }, 3000, 1000);
> super.onResume();
> }
>
> @Override
> protected void onPause() {
> helloTimer.cancel();
> super.onPause();
> }
>
> private void sayHelloWorld() {
> EditText helloEditText = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.text);
> helloEditText.setText("Hello world " + (++seq));
> helloEditText.invalidate();
> }
>
> /**
> * Called with the activity is first created.
> */
> @Override
> public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
> super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
>
> // Set the layout for this activity. You can find it
> // in res/layout/hello_activity.xml
> setContentView(R.layout.hello_activity);
> }
>
>
>
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>
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