java - How to set delay in android?

Question

public void onClick(View v) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        switch(v.getId()){
        case R.id.rollDice:
            Random ranNum = new Random();
            int number = ranNum.nextInt(6) + 1;
            diceNum.setText(""+number);
            sum = sum + number;
            for(i=0;i<8;i++){
                for(j=0;j<8;j++){

                    int value =(Integer)buttons[i][j].getTag();
                    if(value==sum){
                        inew=i;
                        jnew=j;

                        buttons[inew][jnew].setBackgroundColor(Color.BLACK);
                                                //I want to insert a delay here
                        buttons[inew][jnew].setBackgroundColor(Color.WHITE);
                         break;                     
                    }
                }
            }


            break;

        }
    }

I want to set a delay between the command between changing background. I tried using a thread timer and tried using run and catch. But it isn't working. I tried this

 Thread timer = new Thread() {
            public void run(){
                try {
                                buttons[inew][jnew].setBackgroundColor(Color.BLACK);
                    sleep(5000);
                } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }

             }
           };
    timer.start();
   buttons[inew][jnew].setBackgroundColor(Color.WHITE);

But it is only getting changed to black.

Answer 1

Try this code:

import android.os.Handler;
...
final Handler handler = new Handler();
handler.postDelayed(new Runnable() {
    @Override
    public void run() {
        // Do something after 5s = 5000ms
        buttons[inew][jnew].setBackgroundColor(Color.BLACK);
    }
}, 5000);