Android 中比 Timer 更好方法

Android中的Timer一般像下面这样写：

Timer timer = new Timer( );

TimerTask task = new TimerTask( ) {

public void run ( ) {

Message message = new Message( );

message.what = 1;

handler.sendMessage(message);

}

};

final Handler handler = new Handler( ) {

public void handleMessage(Message msg) {

switch (msg.what) {

case 1:

log.e("Timer","Timer");

update( );

break;

}

super.handleMessage(msg);

}

};

protected void onDestroy ( ) {

if (timer != null) {

timer.cancel( );

timer = null;

}

super.onDestroy( );

}

protected void onCreate (Bundle savedInstanceState) {

super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

this.setContentView(R.layout.main);

timer.schedule(task,1000,5000);

}

最重要的一点是 timer.schedule(task,1000,5000),如果设置为 timer.schedule(task,5000)是不会工作的。

因为timer.schedule(task,5000) 是表示执行一次的任务。 

timer.schedule(task,1000,5000)表示 1 秒钟后开始 5 秒钟为周期 重复执行，

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更好的方法是通过下面的代码            (Handler加Runnable线程，更简洁）

private Handler handler = new Handler( );

private Runnable runnable = new Runnable( ) {

public void run ( ) {

update( );

handler.postDelayed(this,1000);     //postDelayed(this,1000)方法安排一个Runnable对象到主线程队列中

}

};

handler.postDelayed(runnable,1000);         // 开始Timer

handler.removeCallbacks(runnable);           //停止Timer