How do i get current system time in android?

Question

I need to read a bluetooth stream for 5 seconds, because I need to be sure my app will get the bluetooth message (which is actually just a char casted to int). If my app can't read the message my btState variable is set to a certain value for another task.

while(btState!=666)
{
  btState=666;
    try {                       
        while(timestart-timenow<5){ //how do i do this?
            btState=mConnectThread.checkstate();
            mConnectThread.sendSignal('s');
         }
    } catch (Exception e) {break; }
}

"How do i get current system time in android?" -- `System.currentTimeMillis()`. — CommonsWare, May 09 '16 at 13:56
@Lucas please next time try googling first! https://www.google.at/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=get+current+time+android — CherryDT, May 09 '16 at 14:35

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:33

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You could use:

Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance(); int seconds = c.get(Calendar.SECOND);

Documentation for the Calendar class

Have a look at this thread: Get current time and date on Android that asks pretty much the same question for more suggestions.

Credits to user658042 for the answer.

edited May 23 '17 at 10:33

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answered May 09 '16 at 13:58

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