void method(boolean u,int max)
{
    uu=u;
    maxi=max;
    if (uu==true)
    { 
        CountDownTimer uy = new CountDownTimer(maxi, 1000) 
  {
            public void onFinish()
            {
                text.setText("Finish"); 
            }

            @Override
            public void onTick(long l) {
                String currentTimeString=DateFormat.getTimeInstance().format(new Date());
                text.setText(currentTimeString);
            }
        }.start();
    }

    else{text.setText("Stop ");
}

您希望UI更新发生在已经存在的UI线程中。

最好的方法是使用一个Handler，它使用postDelayed在延迟后运行一个Runnable(每次运行都安排下一次运行);使用removeCallbacks清除回调。

您已经找到了正确的地方，所以再看一遍，也许可以弄清楚为什么代码示例不是您想要的。(请参见从计时器更新UI的同一篇文章)。

如果你只是想安排一个倒计时，直到将来的某个时间，并在此过程中定期通知，你可以使用从API级别1开始可用的CountDownTimer类。

new CountDownTimer(30000, 1000) {
    public void onTick(long millisUntilFinished) {
        editText.setText("Seconds remaining: " + millisUntilFinished / 1000);
    }

    public void onFinish() {
        editText.setText("Done");
    }
}.start();

他是更简单的解决方案，工作在我的应用程序。

  public class MyActivity extends Acitivity {

    TextView myTextView;
    boolean someCondition=true;

     @Override
        protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
            super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
            setContentView(R.layout.my_activity);

            myTextView = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.refreshing_field);

            //starting our task which update textview every 1000 ms
            new RefreshTask().execute();



        }

    //class which updates our textview every second

    class RefreshTask extends AsyncTask {

            @Override
            protected void onProgressUpdate(Object... values) {
                super.onProgressUpdate(values);
                String text = String.valueOf(System.currentTimeMillis());
                myTextView.setText(text);

            }

            @Override
            protected Object doInBackground(Object... params) {
                while(someCondition) {
                    try {
                        //sleep for 1s in background...
                        Thread.sleep(1000);
                        //and update textview in ui thread
                        publishProgress();
                    } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                        e.printStackTrace(); 

                };
                return null;
            }
        }
    }

如果您还需要在UI线程上运行代码(而不是在计时器线程上)，请查看博客:http://steve.odyfamily.com/?p=12

public class myActivity extends Activity {
private Timer myTimer;

/** Called when the activity is first created. */
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle icicle) {
    super.onCreate(icicle);
    setContentView(R.layout.main);

    myTimer = new Timer();
    myTimer.schedule(new TimerTask() {          
        @Override
        public void run() {
            TimerMethod();
        }

    }, 0, 1000);
}

private void TimerMethod()
{
    //This method is called directly by the timer
    //and runs in the same thread as the timer.

    //We call the method that will work with the UI
    //through the runOnUiThread method.
    this.runOnUiThread(Timer_Tick);
}


private Runnable Timer_Tick = new Runnable() {
    public void run() {

    //This method runs in the same thread as the UI.               

    //Do something to the UI thread here

    }
};
}

这很简单! 你创建了一个新的定时器。

Timer timer = new Timer();

然后扩展计时器任务

class UpdateBallTask extends TimerTask {
   Ball myBall;

   public void run() {
       //calculate the new position of myBall
   }
}

然后以一定的更新间隔将新任务添加到Timer中

final int FPS = 40;
TimerTask updateBall = new UpdateBallTask();
timer.scheduleAtFixedRate(updateBall, 0, 1000/FPS);

声明:这不是理想的解决方案。这是使用定时器类的解决方案(由OP要求)。在Android SDK中，建议使用Handler类(在接受的答案中有示例)。