How do you use a TimerTask to run a thread?

I have implemented something like this and it works fine:

    private Timer mTimer1;    private TimerTask mTt1;    private Handler mTimerHandler = new Handler();    private void stopTimer(){        if(mTimer1 != null){            mTimer1.cancel();            mTimer1.purge();        }    }    private void startTimer(){        mTimer1 = new Timer();        mTt1 = new TimerTask() {            public void run() {                mTimerHandler.post(new Runnable() {                    public void run(){                        //TODO                    }                });            }        };        mTimer1.schedule(mTt1, 1, 5000);    }

You use a Timer, and that automatically creates a new Thread for you when you schedule a TimerTask using any of the schedule-methods.

Example:

Timer t = new Timer();t.schedule(myTimerTask, 1000L);

This creates a Timer running myTimerTask in a Thread belonging to that Timer once every second.

This is perfect example for timer task.

Timer timerObj = new Timer();TimerTask timerTaskObj = new TimerTask() {    public void run() {       //perform your action here    }};timerObj.schedule(timerTaskObj, 0, 15000);