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In my application I need to refresh my data in each 5s or 10s or 1 minute, according to my user preference.
I can create thread and use timer class but i want to know is there any other way? for example timer of system sends flag (broadcast something) and i get it in application (in order to refresh my data)?
Thanks
If you want to refresh the data every serval seconds, you can setup a Hanlder to do this. However, this requires your activity keeps running.
If you want to do something at a specific time, like an Alarm. You can use the AlarmManager. This would lauch your activity or other components even it is not running now.
If you just want to moniter the change in the system time. Well, there is a Intent ACTION_TIME_TICK . You can register a BroadcastReceiver to listent to it and implement your own code when the systemt brocasts it. However, the “TICK” interval is “One Minute” only and can not be changed.