Activity not starting from a countdown timer

Question

I have a CountDownTimer that looks like this:

clock = new CountDownTimer(seconds, 1000) { // adjust the milli seconds here
            public void onTick(long millisUntilFinished) {
              timer.setText(String.format(Locale.GERMAN, FORMAT,  
                        TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.toSeconds(millisUntilFinished) - TimeUnit.MINUTES.toSeconds(
                        TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.toMinutes(millisUntilFinished))));
            }

            public void onFinish() {
              timer.setText("00");
              end();
            }
        }.start();

And a method:

private void end() {
  Intent intent = new Intent(getApplicationContext(), End.class);

  startActivity(intent);
  finish();
}

But the new activity does not start when the timer runs out, why is this?

You can use `new Handler().postDelay()` for starting activty instead of `onFinish()` — D.J, Aug 23 '17 at 11:02
what are you doing in the End Activity? Doas your current Activity close? — bendaf, Aug 23 '17 at 11:07
dont use application context. Intent intent = new Intent(YourCurrentActivty.this, End.class); — KuLdip PaTel, Aug 23 '17 at 11:08
It is going to the onFinish() method because the text is set to "00" for the timer. The End activity right now is just a text box with some words in it, but that activity is not popping up. The current activity keeps running. — user8115948, Aug 23 '17 at 11:09
see this ans https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9227835/use-of-context-to-start-another-activity — KuLdip PaTel, Aug 23 '17 at 11:14
@user8115948 I have tried your code its working. I suspect it may be crashed but not closing the initial activity? Can you double check the logs once the timer runs out? and post here — Raghavendra, Aug 23 '17 at 11:15
Your value for 'seconds' is not too high, right? because your code works fine. — Pedro Gonzalez, Aug 23 '17 at 11:17
Thanks for all the help guys. It works now because I hadn't called the end() method in another place where I was creating the timer. — user8115948, Aug 23 '17 at 11:31

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Aug 23 '17 at 11:33

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You may try this with your counter

 new Handler().postDelayed(new Runnable() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                startActivity(new Intent(getApplicationContext(), End.class));
                finish();
            }
        }, 1000);

edited Aug 23 '17 at 11:33

Shaifali Rajput

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answered Aug 23 '17 at 11:16

Arpit Prajapati

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Activity not starting from a countdown timer

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