Scheduling a Timer Task to Run Repeatedly

 
 // delay for 5 sec. 
 
 int delay = 5000;   
 
 
 // repeat every sec.
 
 int period = 1000;  
 Timer timer = new Timer();
     
 timer.scheduleAtFixedRate(new TimerTask() {
         public void run() {
             // Task here
         }
 }, delay, period);