Android close dialog after 5 seconds?

Question

I'm working on an accesibility app. When the user wants to leave the app I show a dialog where he has to confirm he wants to leave, if he doesn't confirm after 5 seconds the dialog should close automatically (since the user probably opened it accidentally). This is similar to what happens on Windows when you change the screen resolution (an alert appears and if you don't confirm it, it reverts to the previous configuration).

This is how I show the dialog:

AlertDialog.Builder dialog = new AlertDialog.Builder(this).setTitle("Leaving launcher").setMessage("Are you sure you want to leave the launcher?");
            dialog.setPositiveButton("Confirm", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
                @Override
                public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int whichButton) {
                    exitLauncher();
                }
            });
            dialog.create().show();

How can I close the dialog 5 seconds after showing it?

Answer 1

AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(this);
        builder.setMessage(R.string.game_message);
        game_message = builder.create();
        game_message.show();


        final Timer t = new Timer();
        t.schedule(new TimerTask() {
            public void run() {
                game_message.dismiss(); // when the task active then close the dialog
                t.cancel(); // also just top the timer thread, otherwise, you may receive a crash report
            }
        }, 5000);

Reference : https://xjaphx.wordpress.com/2011/07/13/auto-close-dialog-after-a-specific-time/