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saravanan
saravanan

Reputation: 5407

Timer run even if Activity stops

have started my timer from the onCreate method. Even If My activity stops ,Timer keeps Running. How it is possible?

Toast in onTick() method diplays, Thread is main thread. I thought , when Activity stops Main thread will stop. can anyone give the explanation about this.

CustomCountDownTimer.java

private class CustomCountDownTimer extends CountDownTimer
    {
        public CustomCountDownTimer(long millisInFuture,long countDownInterval)
        {
            super(millisInFuture,countDownInterval);
        }

        @Override
        public void onTick(long millisUntilFinished) {
            // TODO Auto-generated method stub

        long seconds=millisUntilFinished/1000;
        long hours=seconds/(60*60);
        long remainingSeconds=seconds%(60*60);
        long minutes=remainingSeconds/60;
        remainingSeconds=remainingSeconds%60; 

        Toast.makeText(HomeActivity.this, Thread.currentThread().getName()+"", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();


        btnStatusMessage.setText(hours+" hr "+minutes+" min "); 

        }

Upvotes: 4

Views: 5653

Answers (4)

Chris Sim
Chris Sim

Reputation: 4132

just add to your activity

@Override
public void onPause() {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    super.onPause();
    mHandler.removeCallbacks(mUpdateTimeTask);//mHandler (Handler) and mUpdateTimeTask (Runnable)
}

dont forget to add this too:

mHandler.removeCallbacks(mUpdateTimeTask);

before you call the intent too

home this will help you

Upvotes: 0

QuokMoon
QuokMoon

Reputation: 4425

1.Use flage to check timer is already running

if (!timerHasStarted) {
    countDownTimer.start();
    timerHasStarted = true;
    btnStatusMessage.setText("STOP");
    } else {
    countDownTimer.cancel();
    timerHasStarted = false;
    btnStatusMessage.setText("RESTART");
    }

Upvotes: 0

Vetalll
Vetalll

Reputation: 3700

You should add this code to your activity.

public void onDestroy(){
    super.onDestroy();
    timer.cancel();  
}

Upvotes: 1

Lior Ohana
Lior Ohana

Reputation: 3527

The timer is not related to the Activity. You need to stop it in one of the Activity's state methods (onPause/onStop/etc').

Upvotes: 1

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