Kotlin, Android - How do i post the same runnable inside the runnable?

Question

I want to post a runnable to a view object inside a runnable , currently i am stuck here.

 var runnable = Runnable {
        if(numLinesToDraw >= amplititudes.size){

        }
        else
        {
            numLinesToDraw = numLinesToDraw ++
            invalidate()
            postDelayed({

            },2000)
        }
    }

    postDelayed(runnable,2000)

As you can see , there is a postDelayed method inside the runnable. What i want to do is post the same runnable again and so on. What should i add here?

       postDelayed({

        },2000)

Answer 1

In Kotlin 1.2+, you can define a local lateinit var for the runnable and then ititialize it with a Runnable that uses the variable:

lateinit var runnable: Runnable
runnable = Runnable {
    /* ... */
    postDelayed(runnable,2000)
}