Question

Im making a game on android and i want it to run for like 60 seconds and the display game over. much like fruit ninja. how do i handle the time in this case? is the android.timer of much use or the alarm manager?

Answer 1

You can use a CountDownTimer:

private void initTimer() {      
    mWaitTime = 60 * 1000;
    mWaitTimer = new CountDownTimer(mWaitTime, mWaitTime) {

        public void onTick(long millisUntilFinished) {/* Do nothing */ }

        public void onFinish() {
            // stop your game...
        }
    }.start();
}

Be sure to cancel the timer on the onPause method:

mWaitTimer.cancel();