How can I pause the timer in android?

Question

I have gone through the link http://dewful.com/?tag=basic-android-timer regarding the timer application in android. It is working fine. I need to add the pause button to stop the timer and a play button to start the timer again from where I stopped. Can I achieve that task?

My Code:

long timervalue = 50000;
CountDownTimer Counter1 = new CountDownTimer(timervalue, 1000)
{
    public void onTick(final long millisUntilFinished)
    {
        time.setText(formatTime(millisUntilFinished));
        pause.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener()
        {
            public void onClick(View v)
            {
                Counter1.cancel();
            }
        }
        );
        resume.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener()
        {
            public void onClick(View v)
            {
                Counter1.start();
                timervalue = Long.parseLong(output);
                System.out.println("paused timer value resumed"+timervalue);
                Counter1.onTick(timervalue);
            }
        }
        );
    }
    public void onFinish()
    {
        Counter1.cancel();
    }
};
public String formatTime(long millis)
{
    output = "00";
    seconds = millis / 1000;
    seconds = seconds % 60;
    System.out.println("seconds here"+seconds);
    String secondsD = String.valueOf(seconds);
    System.out.println("secondsD here"+secondsD);
    if (seconds &lt;
    10)             secondsD = "0" + seconds;
    System.out.println("secondsD here in if"+secondsD);
    output = secondsD;
    return output;
}

In the above code when resume button is clicked the timer is again starting from 50sec and I don't want like that. It should start from the time where I paused. Please help me regarding this...I am struggling for this since one week......

Will be really thankful for the help..........

plz check out the following link... it will help you Hopefully. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2098642/pausing-stopping-and-starting-resuming-java-timertask-continuously — Madhav Palshikar, Mar 09 '12 at 07:28
Hi thank you for the link....I have gone thru it..Can you please tell me how can I apply that in my code? — RaagaSudha, Mar 09 '12 at 11:23

score 10 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 26 '12 at 11:45

public class TimerActivity extends Activity
{
    EditText e1;
    MyCount counter;
    Long s1;
    /** Called when the activity is first created. */ 
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
    {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);
        e1=(EditText)findViewById(R.id.editText1);
        counter= new MyCount(5000,1000);
        counter.start();
    }
    public void asdf(View v)
    {
        switch(v.getId())
        {
            case R.id.button1:         counter.cancel();
            break;
            case R.id.button2:         counter= new MyCount(s1,1000);
            counter.start();
        }
    }
    public class MyCount extends CountDownTimer
    {
        public MyCount(long millisInFuture, long countDownInterval)
        {
            super(millisInFuture, countDownInterval);
        }
        @Override     public void onFinish()
        {
            e1.setText("DONE");
        }
        @Override     public void onTick(long millisUntilFinished)
        {
            s1=millisUntilFinished;
            e1.setText("left:"+millisUntilFinished/1000);
        }
    }
}

why you use extends ? can i use new CountDownTimer – sirmagid Nov 10 '19 at 16:02 — sirmagid, Nov 10 '19 at 16:02

Khan · Answer 2 · 2012-03-12T10:19:46.647

public void time(long m){
    timer=new CountDownTimer(m, 1000) {

            public void onTick(long millisUntilFinished) {

                tv_timer.setText(formatTime(millisUntilFinished));

            }

            public void onFinish() {
                tv_timer.setText("done!");
            }

         }.start();

 }

i have used this for timer and i have put button for pause and use this

    case R.id.bT_PAUSE:
    String s_time = null;

    try{
    if(Bt_pause.getText().equals("PAUSE")){

    s_time=tv_timer.getText().toString();
    timer.cancel();
    String[] Pause_time=s_time.split(":");
    m=Long.parseLong(Pause_time[0].trim());
    n=Long.parseLong(Pause_time[1].trim());
    m=(m*60)+n;
    m=m*1000;
    Bt_pause.setText("RESUME");

    }else if(Bt_pause.getText().equals("RESUME")){
        //min_longmillis=Long.parseLong(sss);
        //min_longmillis=min_longmillis*1000*60;
        //min_longmillis=m;
        //timer.start();
        Toast.makeText(this,String.valueOf(m),Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
        time(m);
        Bt_pause.setText("PAUSE");
    }
    }catch(Exception e){
        Toast.makeText(this,e.toString(),Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
    }
    break;

and this for format time

public String formatTime(long millis) {  
    String output = "00:00";  
    long seconds = millis / 1000;  
    long minutes = seconds / 60;  

    seconds = seconds % 60;  
    minutes = minutes % 60;  

    String sec = String.valueOf(seconds);  
    String min = String.valueOf(minutes);  

    if (seconds < 10)  
        sec = "0" + seconds;  
    if (minutes < 10)  
        min= "0" + minutes;  

    output = min + " : " + sec;  
    return output;
}//formatTime

How can I pause the timer in android?

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