Let's say I have this variable:
long myMillis = 20000;
This means that I want my Chronometer to start at exactly 20 seconds (00:20).
I tried doing this:
chronometer.setBase(myMillis);
But it doesn't work. It dosn't start with 20 seconds. It starts with some weird time that doesn't make sense.
In general the chronometer works like this (if you would like to set
the Base to a specific nr):
mChronometer.setBase(SystemClock.elapsedRealtime() - (nr_of_min * 60000 + nr_of_sec * 1000)))
so make it:
mChronometer.setBase(SystemClock.elapsedRealtime() - (2* 60000 + 0 * 1000)))
Its Late but may help others.
I have used following code in first fragment
chronometerTimer.setBase(SystemClock.elapsedRealtime());
chronometerTimer.start();
and then move on some condition to next fragment where chornometer should start at same time of previous chornometer ends, i get elapsed time using this code.
long elapsedMillis = SystemClock.elapsedRealtime() - chronometerTimer.getBase();
and i send elapsedMilis in next fragment and use following code
chronometerTimer.setBase(SystemClock.elapsedRealtime() - elapsedTime);
chronometerTimer.start();
it worked perfectly.
For Kotlin,
To start Chronometer
with starting time 20 seconds, you can use
val timeInMilSeconds = 20000
chronometer.base = SystemClock.elapsedRealtime() - timeInMilSeconds
chronometer.start()
This will start Chronometer with starting time 20 seconds i.e. 00:00:20