What is the equivalent to a JavaScript setInterval/setTimeout in Android/Java?

As always with Android there's lots of ways to do this, but assuming you simply want to run a piece of code a little bit later on the same thread, I use this:

new android.os.Handler(Looper.getMainLooper()).postDelayed(    new Runnable() {        public void run() {            Log.i("tag", "This'll run 300 milliseconds later");        }    }, 300);

.. this is pretty much equivalent to

setTimeout(     function() {        console.log("This will run 300 milliseconds later");    },300);

setInterval()

function that repeats itself in every n milliseconds

Javascript

 setInterval(function(){ Console.log("A Kiss every 5 seconds"); }, 5000);

Approximate java Equivalent

new Timer().scheduleAtFixedRate(new TimerTask(){    @Override    public void run(){       Log.i("tag", "A Kiss every 5 seconds");    }},0,5000);

setTimeout()

function that works only after n milliseconds

Javascript

setTimeout(function(){ Console.log("A Kiss after 5 seconds"); },5000);

Approximate java Equivalent

new android.os.Handler().postDelayed(    new Runnable() {        public void run() {            Log.i("tag","A Kiss after 5 seconds");        }}, 5000);

If you're not worried about waking your phone up or bringing your app back from the dead, try:

// Param is optional, to run task on UI thread.     Handler handler = new Handler(Looper.getMainLooper());Runnable runnable = new Runnable() {    @Override    public void run() {        // Do the task...        handler.postDelayed(this, milliseconds) // Optional, to repeat the task.    }};handler.postDelayed(runnable, milliseconds);// Stop a repeating task like this.handler.removeCallbacks(runnable);