Question

I know this question is somewhat beaten but i haven’t been able to get an answer to my specific problem.

I have several components that use TimerTask that i need to pause and resume afterwards.

What is the best way to do it? (Even if not with the Timer/TimerTask system)

Thanks in advance
JQCorreia

Answer 1

I have several components that use TimerTask that i need to pause and resume afterwards.
What is the best way to do it?

Use Handler. With this you can post a Runnable to run using Handler.post(yourRunnable) and remove it by using Handler.removeCallbacks(yourRunnable). There are also methods in the API to make the Runnable execute after a specified delay.

Combine these two methods to implement a pause / resume function in your application.