How to pause between lines of code

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Okay I have a text view that changed every time a user types in an answer or response. I dont want the computers response to appear automatically but maybe pause for 3 to 5 seconds with a prograss dialog, or something to show its processing data, when its really not. What would i implement in my code to do this. Any help would be great. Thanks

It sounds like you're just wasting the user's time. Why? – Matt Ball Jun 20 '11 at 14:45 — Matt Ball, Jun 20 '11 at 14:45
To look like a badass software company with 'heavy' apps. – Jun 20 '11 at 14:47 — , Jun 20 '11 at 14:47

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 20 '11 at 14:47

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for this I would create a timer that will disable the text view after they have finished doing what they want and then enable it again after x number of seconds. You could even create the timer with a random length of time between 3 and 5 seconds so it seems random.

http://developer.android.com/reference/java/util/Timer.html

Hope this helps.

answered Jun 20 '11 at 14:47

stuartmclark

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Thanks sounds like what i need! – theITRanger22 Jun 20 '11 at 15:18
To help you guys better understand what im trying to do. Here is an example public void onCreate(){ – theITRanger22 Jun 20 '11 at 15:18
To help you guys better understand what im trying to do. Here is an example public void onCreate(){ setContentView(r.layout.main) textView.setText("Welcome enter your name"); // The user enters there name in the EditText box respond.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener){ //Once the user enters there name i would like it to pause and display a progress dialog before the next textView. I hope this makes more since what im trying to do. Thanks for Everyone help! } } – theITRanger22 Jun 20 '11 at 15:24

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 20 '11 at 15:02

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You could use an AsyncTask within which you would call Thread.sleep(Random.nextInt(2)+3) in the doInBackground() method. Within the AsyncTask class, you can show and hide the progress bar with the onPreExecute() and onPostExecute() methods.

answered Jun 20 '11 at 15:02

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score 0 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:04

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Probably .. this solution Counting Chars in EditText Changed Listener invoking a thread for controlling progress dialog can solve your problem

edited May 23 '17 at 12:04

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answered Jun 20 '11 at 15:27

success_anil

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Okay thank!So im trying to implement the a handler for a postDeleay. After the button is clicked. Do you think this will work? – theITRanger22 Jun 20 '11 at 16:01
could you give me an example. – theITRanger22 Jun 20 '11 at 16:53

How to pause between lines of code

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