Android: check value of System.nanoTime

Question

In my app I start a nanoTime in this way:

long startTime = System.nanoTime();

now I want that at a specific value of 'startTime' (ex: 1000000) is called a method "myMethod"

private void myMethod(){
    //all operations
}

what's the best way to do it?

Why don't you post a `Runnable` with a delay instead? Alternatively, if we're talking minutes/hours/days in the future, check out the documentation on `AlarmManager`. — MH., Nov 20 '14 at 11:07

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 20 '14 at 12:35

No, you aren't starting anything, just taking the current time.

If you want to start a Runnable at a certain time, use Handler.postAtTime()

For example

private Handler mHandler = new Handler();
...
mHandler.postAtTime(SystemTime.uptimeMillis() + 1000, new Runnable() {
...
});

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