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Firas Chebbah
Firas Chebbah

Reputation: 434

how to fix Timertask is running only once?

I am trying to get my current location each 1 second. The method getlocationCoordinate allows to return my current lattitude and longitude.

So I implemented a timertask that is supposed to run every 1 second and return my current location, but the timertask is only running once, how can i fix this problem?

    Timer timer= new Timer();
    timer.schedule(new TimerTask() {
        @Override
        public void run() {
            Looper.prepare();


            System.out.println(" show me current location " + getlocationcoordinate(getApplicationContext()));
            runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
                public void run() {
                    Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "current location" +getlocationcoordinate(getApplicationContext()), Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                }
            });
            Looper.loop();


        }
    },0,1000);

Upvotes: 1

Views: 86

Answers (1)

Igmer Rodriguez
Igmer Rodriguez

Reputation: 172

for some reason timer does not work as we would like,You can use a Handler

 private Handler handler;
 private Runnable runnable;


  handler = new Handler();
                handler.postDelayed(runnable, 1000);
                runnable = new Runnable() {
                    @Override
                    public void run() {
                        try{
                            System.out.println(" show me current location " + getlocationcoordinate(getApplicationContext()));
                        }
                        catch(Exception e){
                            e.printStackTrace();
                        }
                        handler.postDelayed(this, 1000); //start again
                    }
                };

source here

Upvotes: 1

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