You may want to look at CountDownTimer ... just a thought http://helloandroidworld.com/2010/02/how-to-create-a-simple-android-countdown-timer/
I hope it helps ... Hal - Intelligent Android Project On Nov 17, 3:23 pm, ClarkBattle <[email protected]> wrote: > I am implementing a type ahead search so that results are returned as > the user is typing. I want to have a timer so that the search is not > sent to the server until the user stops typing. "Stops typing" is > defined by a number of milliseconds. I figure that I can use a Timer > to start the search in another thread. If another type ahead > character is received then I can restart the timer. Is this a > reasonable approach or is there a simpler way? > > Thanks -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
