Java World: Count down timer in Android

Here is the easiest way to implement Count down in android.

this will show the timer in seconds only,

CountDownTimer countDownTimer;

long duration = 300000;

countDownTimer = new CountDownTimer(duration, 1000)

{

    public void onTick(long millisUntilFinished)

 {
   txtTimer.setText("seconds remaining: "

+ millisUntilFinished / 1000);

    }

    public void onFinish() {
        txtTimer.setText("done!");
    }
}.start();

if want to stop the timer before the finish time;

countDownTimer.cancel();

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