How to start a different activity with some delay after pressing a button in android?

Question

I want that a new activity should start with some delay on pressing a button. Is it possible to do that , and whats the procedure.

Answer 1

You could call a Runnable using the Handler postDelayed() method.

Here's an example (http://developer.android.com/resources/articles/timed-ui-updates.html):

private Handler mHandler = new Handler();

...

OnClickListener mStartListener = new OnClickListener() {
   public void onClick(View v) {
            mHandler.postDelayed(mUpdateTimeTask, 100);
   }
};

private Runnable mUpdateTimeTask = new Runnable() {
   public void run() {
       // do what you need to do here after the delay
   }
};

Props to @mad for getting it right the first time around.