How to get elapsed time from chronometer in form of int

Question

I have a chronometer and am using mChronometer.getText();how do I convert this to an int? using Integer.parseInt(); throws an error because mChronometer.getText(); outputs in the form minutes : seconds

Answer 1

if you are using android.widget.Chronometer you can get the elapsed time with :

int elapsedMillis = (int) (SystemClock.elapsedRealtime() - mChronometer.getBase());