Hey i dont know if you will read this or not its almost two years. But i want to the exact same this i using AsyncTask to write strings to my socket. I want to press and hold my button and it should repeat sending the string to the socket how i can use this handler while im using execute() with my object from AsyncTask class?
On Wednesday, 25 August 2010 01:22:29 UTC+5, Jason Braucht wrote: > > http://developer.android.com/resources/articles/timed-ui-updates.html > describes how to use android.os.Handler to create repeating events. I > used that along with a an OnTouchListener to repeat the button's > action every 100ms until the button is released. > > Below is a snippet of code that demonstrates the basic idea. If you > find any flaws with this or come up with a better approach, please let > me know. > > public MyActivity extends Activity > { > private Handler mHandler = new Handler(); > > private Runnable mUpdateTask = new Runnable() > { > public void run() > { > Log.i("repeatBtn", "repeat click"); > mHandler.postAtTime(this, SystemClock.uptimeMillis() + > 100); > } > }; > > public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) > { > super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); > setContentView(R.layout.main); > > Button repeatButton = (Button) > findViewById(R.id.repeatButton); > repeatButton.setOnTouchListener(new OnTouchListener() > { > public boolean onTouch(View view, MotionEvent motionevent) > { > int action = motionevent.getAction(); > if (action == MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN) > { > Log.i("repeatBtn", "MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN"); > mHandler.removeCallbacks(mUpdateTask); > mHandler.postAtTime(mUpdateTask, > SystemClock.uptimeMillis() + 100); > } > else if (action == MotionEvent.ACTION_UP) > { > Log.i("repeatBtn", "MotionEvent.ACTION_UP"); > mHandler.removeCallbacks(mUpdateTask); > } > return false; > } > }); > } > } > > > On Aug 23, 6:15 pm, ls02 <[email protected]> wrote: > > Does android have auto repeat button that constantly sends events when > > the button is pressed down? If it does not have such button how do I > > implement it? -- 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
