How to cancel the timer and renew the same timer?

Question

I am creating an app that vibrate and beep every 30 sec and when I log out the vibrate and beep must be cancelled and when I log in the vibrate and beep should resume.

NOTE: it must vibrate and beep for every 30 sec until I log out

In my app I am using TimerTask for this implementation

this is the code for vibrate and beep using TimerTask

static TimerTask Task;
final static Handler handler = new Handler();
static Timer t = new Timer();

public static void vib() {

    Task = new TimerTask() {
        public void run() {
            handler.post(new Runnable() {
                public void run() {
                    Vibrator vibrator = (Vibrator) ApplicationUtils.getContext().getSystemService(Context.VIBRATOR_SERVICE);
                    vibrator.vibrate(3000);
                    playSound();
                    Log.d("TIMER", "Timer set on");
                }
            });
        }
    };
    t.schedule(Task, 0, 30000); 
}

This is the code I'm using in logout section

public void stopvib() {
    if (Task != null) {
    //  Log.d("TIMER", "timer canceled");
        t.cancel();
        Task.cancel();
    }
}

Note: I also removed the Task.cancel(); but still I am getting same error

My vibrate working fine before logout and again login I am geting error

java.lang.IllegalStateException: Timer was cancelled
    at java.util.Timer.scheduleImpl(Timer.java:562)
    at java.util.Timer.schedule(Timer.java:481)
    at com.vib(AlertListActivity.java:724)

can any one help me with this coding. Where did I go wrong?

Answer 1

i have recently run this code and is working fine. This can be achieved using broadcast Receiver.You have to implement separate CustomTimer task that extend TimerTask:

Activity mActivity=null;
public MyCustomTimer(Activity mActivity) {
    this.mActivity=mActivity;
}
    @Override
    public void run() {
        this.mActivity.runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {

            @Override
            public void run() {
                Toast.makeText(mActivity, "Write you code here",Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
                Log.d("MyCustomTimer","Call");
            }
        });

    }

After this you have to implement BroadCast Receive in that class where you want to implement " vib() " method.: Let say, in my case (just for example ) is MainActivity:

public class MainActivity extends Activity {
    private MyCustomTimer myCustomTimer = null;
    BroadcastReceiver mBr_Start = new BroadcastReceiver() {

        @Override
        public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
            if (intent.getAction().equals("START_VIBRATION")) {
                System.out.println("onreceive :START_VIBRATION");
                vib();
            }
        }
    };
    BroadcastReceiver mBr_Stop = new BroadcastReceiver() {

        @Override
        public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
            if (intent.getAction().equals("STOP_VIBRATION")) {
                stopVibration();
            }
        }
    };

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
        IntentFilter mIntentFilter = new IntentFilter();
        mIntentFilter.addAction("START_VIBRATION");
        registerReceiver(mBr_Start, mIntentFilter);
        IntentFilter mIntentFilter2 = new IntentFilter();
        mIntentFilter2.addAction("STOP_VIBRATION");
        registerReceiver(mBr_Stop, mIntentFilter2);

        Button b1 = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button1);
        b1.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {

            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                Intent i = new Intent(MainActivity.this, MySecondActivity.class)
                        .addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
                startActivity(i);

            }
        });
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
        // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
        getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.activity_main, menu);
        return true;
    }

    private void vib() {
        myCustomTimer = new MyCustomTimer(MainActivity.this);
        Timer timer = new Timer();
        timer.scheduleAtFixedRate(myCustomTimer, 0, 30000);
    }

    private void stopVibration() {
        Log.d("MainActivity", "Before Cancel");
        if (null != myCustomTimer)
            myCustomTimer.cancel();
        Log.d("MainActivity", "After Cancel");
    }

}

Now,you can start Or stop vibration by implementing these lines: To start vibration:

Intent i=new Intent("START_VIBRATION");
                mActivity.sendBroadcast(i);

To Stop:

Intent i=new Intent("STOP_VIBRATION");
                mActivity.sendBroadcast(i);

Note: onDestroy() of MainActivity (in your case,Where you implement Broadcast Receiver,unregister BroadcastReceiver.)

Answer 2

Set timer instance to null when you logout and then initialize it everytime user logged in the app. This will fix the "Timer was cancelled" related issues.

Answer 3

Why do you need a static TimerTask.You can give like this which works fine for me.

timer.schedule(new TimerTask() {
        @Override
        public void run() {
        //your code
        }
        }, 0, 30000);

While logout use, timer.cancel(). Here you can simply cancel the timer.No need to cancel the TimerTask.