ANDROID: How to put a delay after a button is pushed?

Question

I have a button and when it is pressed it plays an audio file. I want to put a 5 second delay on the button so users wont mash the button and play the sound over and over. I guess what i really want it for the button to be disabled for 5 seconds after it is pushed. Does anyone know how to do this?

Answer 1

You can disable your button, then use the postDelayed method on your button.

myButton.setEnabled(false);
myButton.postDelayed(new Runnable() {
    @Override
    public void run() {
        myButton.setEnabled(true);
    }
}, 5000);

This is similar to the Timer solution, but it might better handle configuration change (for example if the user rotate the phone)