Ohke, so I've updated to this:
final AlertDialog.Builder popup_timer = new AlertDialog.Builder(ScoreNewGame.this);
popup_timer.setTitle("Timer:\t90 sec between games");
CountDownTimer gameTimer = new CountDownTimer(9000, 1000)
{
@Override
public void onTick(long time_remaining)
{
popup_timer.setMessage("Time remaining:\t" + time_remaining);
}
@Override
public void onFinish()
{
}
};
gameTimer.start();
popup_timer.show();
But now I get the following error-
Failure getting entry for 0x010802c9 (t=7 e=713) in package 0 (error -75)
I searched around a bit but can't find any solution. Also, 0x010802c9 doesn't correspond to anything in R.java.
The app doesn't crash though, the popup just doesn't display the countdowntimer like I want
I would suggest creating a dialog fragment instead. At that point you can handle the countdown timer in the fragment any which way you want.
Here's an example of a dialog fragment:
public class CountDownDialog extends DialogFragment {
private TextView mCountdownView;
public CountDownDialog(){}
@Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState) {
View view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_countdowntimer_dialog, container);
mCountdownView = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.countdownTimer);
return view;
}
@Override
public void onActivityCreated(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onActivityCreated(savedInstanceState);
CountDownTimer gameTimer = new CountDownTimer(10000, 1000) {
@Override
public void onTick(long l) {
mCountdownView.setText(""+((int)Math.round(l/1000.0)-1));
}
@Override
public void onFinish() {
dismiss();
}
};
gameTimer.start();
}
}
and here's how you would call it
CountDownDialog countDownDialog = new CountDownDialog();
countDownDialog.show(getSupportFragmentManager(), "fragment_countdownTimer");
I used a pretty simple layout for the fragment to to test it:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="horizontal" android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium"
android:text="Countdown:"
android:id="@+id/countdownTitle"
android:layout_marginLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin" />
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium"
android:text="9"
android:id="@+id/countdownTimer"
android:layout_marginLeft="8dp" />
</LinearLayout>