I actually resolved this issue.
I was nothing to do with the TimerTask!
On Jan 11, 11:43 pm, jax <jackma...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am having TimerTask Thread problems. Basically I am running a
> TimerTask to update a clock timer I have created. When the user gets
> an answer correct a small animation will play and the screen will be
> idle for about 5 seconds, then it will resume with the next question.
>
> The problem is that when I flip the G1 screen, the clock will have
> already started (Sometimes almost 3/4 through). It seems to me that
> the initial TimerTask thread did not finish and now there are two
> different ones running at the same time. I have cancelled the
> TimerTask and the Timer in the onStop() method as seem below.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> In the onStart() methods I have this:
>
> mClockTimerTask = new TimerTask() {
>
> @Override
> public void run() {
> if(!clockPaused) {
> if(mClock.getSweepArc() >=
> 360) {
> clockPaused = true;
>
> mHandler.post(skipFromThread);
> mClock.setAngleArc(0);
> } else {
> mHandler.post(new
> Runnable() {
> @Override
> public void
> run() {
>
> mClock.setAngleArc(mClock.getSweepArc()+mArcChangePerSecond);
> }
> });
> }
> }
>
> }
> };
>
> mClockTimer = new Timer();
> mClockTimer.schedule(mClockTimerTask, 0,500);
>
> Here is my onStop() method:
>
> @Override
> protected void onStop() {
> super.onStop();
> if (Constants.DEBUG_LOG) {
> Log.d(TAG, "onStop()");
> }
>
> //Stop the timer
> mClockTimerTask.cancel();
> mClockTimer.cancel();
> mClockTimer = null;
> }--
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