Run Handler messages in a background thread

You can simply do this:

private Handler mHandler;private HandlerThread mHandlerThread;public void startHandlerThread(){    mHandlerThread = new HandlerThread("HandlerThread");    mHandlerThread.start();    mHandler = new Handler(mHandlerThread.getLooper());}

Then invoke with:

mHandler.postDelayed(new Runnable() {        @Override        public void run() {          // Your task goes here        }    },1000);

You can try something like this

    private void createHandler() {        Thread thread = new Thread() {            public void run() {                Looper.prepare();                final Handler handler = new Handler();                handler.postDelayed(new Runnable() {                    @Override                    public void run() {                       // Do Work                        handler.removeCallbacks(this);                        Looper.myLooper().quit();                   }                }, 2000);                Looper.loop();            }        };        thread.start();    }

You can set up a Looper in a background thread using Looper.prepare() and Looper.loop.

• http://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/Looper.html