My intention is to create an timer which starts from 00:00:00 and hangs together with a recording function. This recording is done in a service so, the timer is also in the same service. If the app moves to the background, the recording and thus the timer keep on going and the app picks the time up at the onResume with a myService.getTime().
But I experience two strange things. The first is that my timer sometimes goed faster than a second, sometimes slower, sometimes jumps from for example 00:00:04 to 00:00:06 etc. There is no consitency in it. I use the code below, but there might be a better option to solve this? The second is that it is causing a lag on my button, although I am starting it in a service?
SERVICE
//////////TIMER FUNCTION START//////////
private void startTimerClick() {
if (stopped) {
startTime = System.currentTimeMillis() - elapsedTime;
} else {
startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
}
mHandler.removeCallbacks(startTimer);
mHandler.postDelayed(startTimer, 0);
}
private void pauseTimerClick() {
mHandler.removeCallbacks(startTimer);
stopped = true;
}
private void stopTimerClick() {
mHandler.removeCallbacks(startTimer);
stopped = false;
}
private void startTimer() {
startTimer = new Runnable() {
public void run() {
elapsedTime = System.currentTimeMillis() - startTime;
updateTimer(elapsedTime);
mHandler.postDelayed(this, REFRESH_RATE);
}
};
}
private void updateTimer(float time) {
secs = (long) (time / 1000);
mins = (long) ((time / 1000) / 60);
hrs = (long) (((time / 1000) / 60) / 60);
/*
* Convert the seconds to String and format to ensure it has a leading
* zero when required
*/
secs = secs % 60;
seconds = String.valueOf(secs);
if (secs == 0) {
seconds = "00";
}
if (secs < 10 && secs > 0) {
seconds = "0" + seconds;
}
/* Convert the minutes to String and format the String */
mins = mins % 60;
minutes = String.valueOf(mins);
if (mins == 0) {
minutes = "00";
}
if (mins < 10 && mins > 0) {
minutes = "0" + minutes;
}
/* Convert the hours to String and format the String */
hours = String.valueOf(hrs);
if (hrs == 0) {
hours = "00";
}
if (hrs < 10 && hrs > 0) {
hours = "0" + hours;
}
}
//////////TIMER FUNCTION END////////////
public String getHours(){
return hours;
}
public String getMinutes(){
return minutes;
}
public String getSeconds(){
return seconds;
}
}
ACTIVITY(/FRAGMENT)
private void timerStart() {
handler = new Handler();
Thread t = new Thread() {
@Override
public void run() {
try {
while (!isInterrupted()) {
Thread.sleep(1000);
handler.post(new Runnable() {
@Override
public void run() {
timer.setText(myService.getHours()+":"+myService.getMinutes()+":"+myService.getSeconds());
}
});
}
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
}
}
};
t.start();
}
