Android - Count Down Timer

You will get Final Output:

Step 1 CountDownTimer class

We use the inbuilt abstract class named CountDownTimer. This class is used for Schedule a countdown until a time in the future, with regular notifications on intervals along the way.

Example of showing a 30 second countdown in a text field.

CountDownTimer countDownTimer = new CountDownTimer(30000, 1000) {
 
     public void onTick(long millisUntilFinished) {
         mTextField.setText("seconds remaining: " + millisUntilFinished / 1000);
     }
 
     public void onFinish() {
         mTextField.setText("done!");
     }
  }.start();

Step 2 countDownTimer.cancel() method

For stop the Counter we use the countDownTimer.cancel()

For More Details visit following links:

• http://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/CountDownTimer.html

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