Scheduling recurring task in Android

Question

I\'m designing an app that has a recurring task of sending presence to a dedicated server as long as the app is in foreground.

In my searches across the web I saw a

Answer 1

I have created on time task in which the task which user wants to repeat, add in the Custom TimeTask run() method. it is successfully reoccurring.

 import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 import java.util.Calendar;
 import java.util.Timer;
 import java.util.TimerTask;

 import android.os.Bundle;
 import android.view.View;
 import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
 import android.widget.Button;
 import android.widget.CheckBox;
 import android.widget.TextView;
 import android.app.Activity;
 import android.content.Intent;

 public class MainActivity extends Activity {

     CheckBox optSingleShot;
     Button btnStart, btnCancel;
     TextView textCounter;

     Timer timer;
     MyTimerTask myTimerTask;

     int tobeShown = 0  ;

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

    optSingleShot = (CheckBox)findViewById(R.id.singleshot);
    btnStart = (Button)findViewById(R.id.start);
    btnCancel = (Button)findViewById(R.id.cancel);
    textCounter = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.counter);
    tobeShown = 1;

    if(timer != null){
        timer.cancel();
    }

    //re-schedule timer here
    //otherwise, IllegalStateException of
    //"TimerTask is scheduled already" 
    //will be thrown
    timer = new Timer();
    myTimerTask = new MyTimerTask();

    if(optSingleShot.isChecked()){
        //singleshot delay 1000 ms
        timer.schedule(myTimerTask, 1000);
    }else{
        //delay 1000ms, repeat in 5000ms
        timer.schedule(myTimerTask, 1000, 1000);
    }

    btnStart.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener(){

        @Override
        public void onClick(View arg0) {


            Intent i = new Intent(MainActivity.this, ActivityB.class);
            startActivity(i);

            /*if(timer != null){
                timer.cancel();
            }

            //re-schedule timer here
            //otherwise, IllegalStateException of
            //"TimerTask is scheduled already" 
            //will be thrown
            timer = new Timer();
            myTimerTask = new MyTimerTask();

            if(optSingleShot.isChecked()){
                //singleshot delay 1000 ms
                timer.schedule(myTimerTask, 1000);
            }else{
                //delay 1000ms, repeat in 5000ms
                timer.schedule(myTimerTask, 1000, 1000);
            }*/
        }});

    btnCancel.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener(){

        @Override
        public void onClick(View v) {
            if (timer!=null){
                timer.cancel();
                timer = null;
            }
        }
    });

}

@Override
protected void onResume() {
    super.onResume();

    if(timer != null){
        timer.cancel();
    }

    //re-schedule timer here
    //otherwise, IllegalStateException of
    //"TimerTask is scheduled already" 
    //will be thrown
    timer = new Timer();
    myTimerTask = new MyTimerTask();

    if(optSingleShot.isChecked()){
        //singleshot delay 1000 ms
        timer.schedule(myTimerTask, 1000);
    }else{
        //delay 1000ms, repeat in 5000ms
        timer.schedule(myTimerTask, 1000, 1000);
    }
}


@Override
protected void onPause() {
    super.onPause();

    if (timer!=null){
        timer.cancel();
        timer = null;
    }

}

@Override
protected void onStop() {
    super.onStop();

    if (timer!=null){
        timer.cancel();
        timer = null;
    }

}

class MyTimerTask extends TimerTask {

    @Override
    public void run() {

        Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
        SimpleDateFormat simpleDateFormat = 
                new SimpleDateFormat("dd:MMMM:yyyy HH:mm:ss a");
        final String strDate = simpleDateFormat.format(calendar.getTime());

        runOnUiThread(new Runnable(){

            @Override
            public void run() {
                textCounter.setText(strDate);
            }});
    }
}

}