Android postDelayed Handler Inside a For Loop?

This can be another solution

final Handler handler = new Handler();
Runnable runnable = new Runnable() {
    int i;
    public void run() {
        for (i = 1; i < 6; i++) {
            handler.postDelayed(new Runnable() {
                @Override
                public void run() {
                    // need to do tasks on the UI thread
                    Log.d(TAG, "runn test");
                }
            }, 0);
            //Add some downtime
            SystemClock.sleep(5000);
        }
    }
};
new Thread(runnable).start();

My solution to this problem if anyone has simmilar issues:

int count = 0;
    public static void method(param1, param2, param3) {
                        Runnable r = () -> { //put method inside runnable
                        View view = listView.getChildAt(position); //action to be complete
                        if (view != null) { //if action is successfully complete
                            view.setSelected(true); //do something with this 
                        } else { //do a looper
                            if (count < 10) { //limited looper to certain number
                                count++;
                                method(param1, param2, param3); //run the method again
                        }
                };

                Handler h = new Handler(); //create a new Handler and post above thread with it
                h.postDelayed(r, 300);
             }

Basically, I have created an if-else statement where else statement runs the same method with postDelayed() again for a limited number of trials.

Instead of using a for loop, you can let the Runnable instance call itself for a specific number of times. These calls will be posted to UI thread queue so, keep that in mind. Also, since the delay is quite large, make sure the event is still needed when you trigger it next time.

The following code should do it:

final Handler handler = new Handler(); 
int count = 0;

final Runnable runnable = new Runnable() {
    public void run() { 
        // need to do tasks on the UI thread 
        Log.d(TAG, "Run test count: " + count);
        if (count++ < 5) {
            handler.postDelayed(this, 5000);
        }
    } 
}; 

// trigger first time 
handler.post(runnable);