TextView display system time of clock function with a second hand change
- 2020-05-19 05:52:20
- OfStack
We start a thread that sends a message every second, and the time we update TextView in the message is ok.
First we put an TextView in the layout file to display the time, as shown below:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="@android:color/white">
<TextView
android:id="@+id/mytime"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:gravity="center"
android:textColor="@android:color/black"
android:textSize="36sp"/>
</LinearLayout>
After that, we write a thread with an infinite loop and send a message every 1 second. Handler processes the displayed result:
public class TimeThread extends Thread {
@Override
public void run () {
do {
try {
Thread.sleep(1000);
Message msg = new Message();
msg.what = msgKey1;
mHandler.sendMessage(msg);
}
catch (InterruptedException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
} while(true);
}
}
private Handler mHandler = new Handler() {
@Override
public void handleMessage (Message msg) {
super.handleMessage(msg);
switch (msg.what) {
case msgKey1:
long sysTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
CharSequence sysTimeStr = DateFormat.format("hh:mm:ss", sysTime);
mTime.setText(sysTimeStr);
break;
default:
break;
}
}
};
Then we can start the thread in Activity's onCreate method, and we can see a digital clock:
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.time);
mTime = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.mytime);
new TimeThread().start();
}
The code of the entire Activity:
package com.fermax.test;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.Handler;
import android.os.Message;
import android.text.format.DateFormat;
import android.widget.TextView;
public class TestActivity extends Activity {
private static final int msgKey1 = 1;
private TextView mTime;
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.time);
mTime = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.mytime);
new TimeThread().start();
}
public class TimeThread extends Thread {
@Override
public void run () {
do {
try {
Thread.sleep(1000);
Message msg = new Message();
msg.what = msgKey1;
mHandler.sendMessage(msg);
}
catch (InterruptedException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
} while(true);
}
}
private Handler mHandler = new Handler() {
@Override
public void handleMessage (Message msg) {
super.handleMessage(msg);
switch (msg.what) {
case msgKey1:
long sysTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
CharSequence sysTimeStr = DateFormat.format("hh:mm:ss", sysTime);
mTime.setText(sysTimeStr);
break;
default:
break;
}
}
};
}