title: I have this countdown timer that I want running even after my activity closes
body: <p>Here is my code,</p>
  
  <pre><code>             new CountDownTimer(30000, 1000) {
  
               public void onTick(long millisUntilFinished) {
                   forgotpass.setText("seconds remaining: " + millisUntilFinished / 1000);
               }
  
               public void onFinish() {
                   forgotpass.setText("done!");
               }
            }.start();
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I want it to continue to run even after my activity or application closes.</p>
  
  <p>So far when i press the back button or the home button on the application it is running on it stops automatically and when i reopen the activity it starts back on 30. Is there any possible way I can have it continue to countdown even when the application or the activity is not running?</p>