In android i use Timer to execute task that repeats every 5 seconds and starts after 1 second in this way:
Timer timer = new Timer();
timer.scheduleAtFixedRate(new TimerTask() {
@Override
public void run() {
// Here is the repeated task
}
}, /*Start after*/1000, /*Repeats every*/5000);
// here i stop the timer
timer.cancel();
this timer will repeat Until i call timer.cancel()
I am learning RxJava with RxAndroid extension
So i found this code on internet, i tried it and it doesnt repeat:
Observable.timer(3000, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)
.subscribeOn(Schedulers.newThread())
.observeOn(AndroidSchedulers.mainThread())
.subscribe(new Action1<Long>() {
@Override
public void call(Long aLong) {
// here is the task that should repeat
}
});
so what is the alternative for the android Timer in RxJava.