Timer Not Stopping In Android
<p><strong>THE PROBLEM</strong>
I am having problems stopping the Timer whilst developing in android.</p>

<p>The timer is already null when it comes to stopping it.</p>

<p>I then move the timer initialisation to outside of a method just like the TimerTask which solves the null problem but still doesn't cancel when <code>timer.cancel();</code> is called upon it.</p>

<p>The code below is an example of the timer already being null when it comes to stopping the recording.</p>

<p><strong>TimerTask</strong></p>

<p>My <code>TimerTask</code> is initialized inside the class but outside of a method and the codes below...</p>

<pre><code>private TimerTask task = new TimerTask() {
    @Override
    public void run() {
      Log.e("TRACK_RECORDING_SERVICE","Timer Running");
    }
  };
</code></pre>

<p><strong>Timer &amp; Timer Start</strong></p>

<p>I then have a startRecroding method which is called when I want to start the timer...</p>

<pre><code>public void startRecording(){
     timer = new Timer("Message Timer");
     timer.scheduleAtFixedRate(this.task, 0, 1000);
 }
</code></pre>

<p><strong>Timer Stop</strong></p>

<p>I then call the below method when I want to stop the timer...</p>

<pre><code>public void stopRecording() {
     if (timer != null) {
         timer.cancel();
         timer = null;
     } else {
         Log.e("TRACK_RECORDING_SERVICE","Timer already null.");
     }
 }
</code></pre>

<p>Any help would be much appreciated.</p>
