If you want a background task (thread) to update your ui, this is the snippet. You need 3 things: - a handler that enables repetition; - the activity's method runOnUiThread() and; - a runnable object in which run() method is implemented. All the ui updates are put inside run() method. And set the pause between repetitions with handler inside run…

backgroundTaskOfActivity.txt

private void bgdrun() {
		final Handler handler = new Handler();
		runOnUiThread(new Runnable(){
				@Override
				public void run() {
					// update your views here.
// do not use loops in here.
					handler.postDelayed(this, 1000);
				}
			});
	}