Android - Blinking TextView

BLINKING TEXTVIEW

SOURCE CODE [Blink.java]

package com.YourPackageName;

import android.os.Handler;

public class Blink
{

                private int _interval;

                public int getInterval()

{

                                return _interval;
                }

                public void setInterval(int delay)

{

                                _interval = delay;
                }

                private Handler handler;
                private Runnable _tickHandler;
                private Runnable delegate;
                private boolean ticking;

                public boolean getIsTicking()

{

                                return ticking;
                }

                public Blink(int interval)

{

                                _interval = interval;
                                handler = new Handler();
                }

                public Blink(int interval, Runnable onTickHandler)

{

                                _interval = interval;
                                setOnTickHandler(onTickHandler);
                                handler = new Handler();
                }

                public void start(int interval, Runnable onTickHandler)

{

                                if (ticking)
                                                return;
                                _interval = interval;
                                setOnTickHandler(onTickHandler);
                                handler.postDelayed(delegate, _interval);
                                ticking = true;
                }

                public void start()

{

                                if (ticking)
                                                return;
                                handler.postDelayed(delegate, _interval);
                                ticking = true;
                }

                public void stop()

{

                                handler.removeCallbacks(delegate);
                                ticking = false;
                }

                public void setOnTickHandler(Runnable onTickHandler)

{

                                if (onTickHandler == null)
                                                return;

                                _tickHandler = onTickHandler;

                                delegate = new Runnable()

{

                                                public void run()

{

                                                                if (_tickHandler == null)
                                                                                return;
                                                                _tickHandler.run();
                                                                handler.postDelayed(delegate, _interval);
                                                }
                                };
                }

}

SOURCE CODE [TextViewBlinkExample.java]

package com. YourPackageName;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.TextView;

public class TextViewBlinkExample extends Activity
{
                boolean blinkOn = false;

public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)

{

super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

setContentView(R.layout.main);

       

TextView tv = (TextView) findViewById (R.id.textview);       

                                Blink tmrBlink = new Blink(500, new Runnable()

{

public void run()

{

if (blinkOn)

{

tv.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);

}

else

{

tv.setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE);

}

 blinkOn = !blinkOn;

}

});

tmrBlink.start();

}

}