applying time limit while filling form in android

[Abhishek Abhinav]

I have designed an application in android to get some kind of details from user. User needs to fill various fields in the form.
Now i want that if user takes more than 30 seconds of time of fill the form then a toast should appear saying timeout or exceeded time limit try again.
Kindly provide me a brief logic how to implement such time limit.

[Ulf Dittmer]

What is the use case for this? As a user, I think an app that did this would be on the short list to get uninstalled.

[Bear Bibeault]

Yes, not to pile on, but I'm curious: what requirement drives such a user-hostile "feature"?

[ibrahim yener]

private boolean isCancel = false;

Thread thread = new Thread()  
{  
    @Override  
    public synchronized void start()  
    {  
        int x = 0;  
        while(!isCancel)  
        {
		try
		{
			Thread.sleep(1000); // Stop for 1 second
		}
		catch(Exception e)
		{
		}
                      
            x++;  
                  
            if(x >= 30)  
            {  
                isCancel = true;  // Cancel Loop  
                Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Timed Out!!!", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();  
            }  
        }  
    }  
};  
		
thread.start();

[Ulf Dittmer]

ibrahim yener wrote:

Thread thread = new Thread()  
{  
    @Override  
    public synchronized void start()  
    {  

There is rarely ever a need to extend Thread, and doing so this in case by overriding the start method seems a particularly bad use of it. See http://www.coderanch.com/how-to/java/ExtendingThreadVsImplementingRunnable for more information.

[ibrahim yener]

Ulf Dittmer wrote:There is rarely ever a need to extend Thread, and doing so this in case by overriding the start method seems a particularly bad use of it. See http://www.coderanch.com/how-to/java/ExtendingThreadVsImplementingRunnable for more information.

Dear Ulf.
Thanks for valuable information. I didn't aware of it.