PostDelayed() inside onFinish() in CountDownTimer

Question

I need to use postDelayed() method inside onFinish() method of the CountDownTimer. I use the following code:

...
public void onFinish() {
  Handler handler = new Handler();
  handler.postDelayed(new Runnable() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                //do something here after 3 seconds
            }
        }, 3000);
}

But it does not work. It does not delay.

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 28 '21 at 21:14

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It's not going to work. You will have to find another way to accomplish your goal. The reason why, is because your post delayed is ran on a different thread then the onFinish. onFinish will run on the UI tread. After onFinish is ran the class will be closed out and the postDelayed thread will be no more.

answered Aug 28 '21 at 21:14

Drivers Sea

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So, what is the best aproach to accomplish that? – Mike087 Aug 28 '21 at 22:24
Can you expand a little more on what your actual goal is? – Drivers Sea Aug 29 '21 at 01:13
perhaps you can make a custom finish method. Then when you try to finish the class, call your customer finish method that calls finish internally after the 3 second thread is done. – Drivers Sea Aug 29 '21 at 01:17

PostDelayed() inside onFinish() in CountDownTimer

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