Resched. timer after cancel gives “java.lang.IllegalStateException: Timer cancelled.”

Question

i would like to know whether i can schedule the timer again after i cancelled it. It was stated here, http://www.coderanch.com/t/452066/java/java/Exception-timer-IllegalStat

Answer 1

Have you tried using a Runnable handler and setting it to regular intervals? Something like this:

private Handler mUpdateHandler = new Handler();
private Runnable mUpdateRunnable = new Runnable() {
    public void run() {
        mUpdateHandler.postDelayed(this, delay);
    }
};
mUpdateHandler.postDelayed(mUpdateRunnable, delay);

where you specify the delay as you wish and you can do whatever you need to do in run().