Question

I need to create a similar function to Toast.makeText(…) but more fast to disappear. I have seen such messagebox in the software “Le monde fr” when you select a button from the toolbar down. Its appear and disappear very fast if you move to another icon. I m looking to do the same functionnality but cannot figure out how to do that. Messagebox should not be modal, what i want is kind of a fast tooltip. The tooltip should appear and disappear fast. any ideas ?

Answer 1

Create a Toast object:

final Toast toast = Toast.makeText(this, "message", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT);

Create a Timer object:

Timer timer = new Timer();

Create a task which cancels the Toast object:

TimerTask task = new TimerTask() {

  @Override
  public void run() {
    // make sure to cancel the Toast in UI thread
    runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {

      @Override
      public void run() {
        toast.cancel();
      }
    });
  }
};

Run the cancel task after specified period of time

timer.schedule(task, 100);