Question

Ive got an app with a class that implements Runnable. Where a thread is started and the run() methid overridden. This runs my graphics.

1.st question : how often is the run() called upon? i havent set a time for this so it must be a default value?

2.nd question : i want stuff to be done after a certain amount of time (2min,5min,10min) etc. What would be the best way to go about doing this, i was thinking about using an int as an counter and once it hits a specific value does what i want.

Answer 1

1.st question : how often is the run() called upon? i havent set a time for this so it must be a default value?

The run() method in your Thread is called when you call it eg. yourThread.start();

2.nd question : i want stuff to be done after a certain amount of time (2min,5min,10min) etc. What would be the best way to go about doing this, i was thinking about using an int as an counter and once it hits a specific value does what i want.

There are to options. Either you could call Thread.sleep() method (NB: Never do this in your UI thread).

Or you can do it the way you described above. So in your run() method you would have a while() loop and check on every iteration if the difference of the lastUpdate and the current time in milli seconds is bigger than the wanted period eg. 2 min, 5 min or 10 min.

I hope this helps.