[Solved] How to use Chronometer on Android?
It looks like there is already an api for just that: new CountDownTimer(30000, 1000) { public void onTick(long millisUntilFinished) { mTextField.setText(“seconds remaining: ” + millisUntilFinished / 1000); } public void onFinish() { mTextField.setText(“done!”); } }.start(); Reference: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/CountDownTimer.html solved How to use Chronometer on Android?