How to use postDelayed() correctly in Android Studio?

You’re almost using postDelayed(Runnable, long) correctly, but just not quite. Let’s take a look at your Runnable. final Runnable r = new Runnable() { public void run() { handler.postDelayed(this, 1000); gameOver(); } }; When we call r.run(); the first thing it’s going to do is tell your handler to run the very same Runnable after … Read more

Stop handler.postDelayed()

You can use: Handler handler = new Handler() handler.postDelayed(new Runnable()) Or you can use: handler.removeCallbacksAndMessages(null); Docs public final void removeCallbacksAndMessages (Object token) Added in API level 1 Remove any pending posts of callbacks and sent messages whose obj is token. If token is null, all callbacks and messages will be removed. Or you could also … Read more