Android: simple time counter

You can introduce flag. Something like isPaused. Trigger this flag whenever 'Pause' button pressed. Check flag value in your timer task. Success.

Timer T=new Timer();T.scheduleAtFixedRate(new TimerTask() {                 @Override        public void run() {            runOnUiThread(new Runnable()            {                @Override                public void run()                {                    myTextView.setText("count="+count);                    count++;                                }            });        }    }, 1000, 1000); onClick(View v) {      //this is 'Pause' button click listener      T.cancel(); }

Chekout this example, that uses the Chronometer class: http://android-er.blogspot.com/2010/06/android-chronometer.html

Using the Chronometer class will save you managing the thread yourself.

This way it is much simpler. It is a feature made available on the android developer site. Link

public void initCountDownTimer(int time) {    new CountDownTimer(30000, 1000) {        public void onTick(long millisUntilFinished) {            textView.setText("seconds remaining: " + millisUntilFinished / 1000);        }        public void onFinish() {            textView.setText("done!");        }    }.start();}

Kotlin Version

fun initCountDownTimer(time: Int) {object : CountDownTimer(30000, 1000) {    override fun onTick(millisUntilFinished: Long) {        textView.setText("seconds remaining: " + millisUntilFinished / 1000)    }    override fun onFinish() {        textView.setText("done!")    }}.start()

}