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CountDownTimer is useful for repeatedly performing an action in a steady interval for a set duration. In this example, we will update a text view every second for 30 seconds telling how much time is remaining. Then when the timer finishes, we will set the TextView to say "Done." TextView ...

In this example, we will pause/resume the CountDownTimer based off of the Activity lifecycle. private static final long TIMER_DURATION = 60000L; private static final long TIMER_INTERVAL = 1000L; private CountDownTimer mCountDownTimer; private TextView textView; private long mTimeRemaining; ...