注意:这个答案是在问题没有指定Android作为上下文时给出的。对于特定于Android UI线程的答案，请查看这里。

看起来Mac OS API允许当前线程继续运行，并安排任务异步运行。在Java中，等价的函数由Java .util.concurrent包提供。我不确定Android会有什么限制。

private static final ScheduledExecutorService worker = 
  Executors.newSingleThreadScheduledExecutor();

void someMethod() {
  ⋮
  Runnable task = new Runnable() {
    public void run() {
      /* Do something… */
    }
  };
  worker.schedule(task, 5, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
  ⋮
}

使用Kotlin，我们可以通过执行以下操作来实现

Handler().postDelayed({
    // do something after 1000ms 
}, 1000)

final Handler handler = new Handler(); 
Timer t = new Timer(); 
t.schedule(new TimerTask() { 
    public void run() { 
        handler.post(new Runnable() { 
            public void run() { 
                //DO SOME ACTIONS HERE , THIS ACTIONS WILL WILL EXECUTE AFTER 5 SECONDS...
            }
        }); 
    } 
}, 5000); 

android中合适的解决方案:

private static long SLEEP_TIME = 2 // for 2 second
.
.
MyLauncher launcher = new MyLauncher();
            launcher.start();
.
.
private class MyLauncher extends Thread {
        @Override
        /**
         * Sleep for 2 seconds as you can also change SLEEP_TIME 2 to any. 
         */
        public void run() {
            try {
                // Sleeping
                Thread.sleep(SLEEP_TIME * 1000);
            } catch (Exception e) {
                Log.e(TAG, e.getMessage());
            }
            //do something you want to do
           //And your code will be executed after 2 second
        }
    }

如果你使用RxAndroid，那么线程和错误处理就会变得容易得多。以下代码在延迟后执行

Observable.timer(delay, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
        .subscribeOn(Schedulers.io())
        .observeOn(AndroidSchedulers.mainThread())
        .subscribe(aLong -> {
            // Execute code here
        }, Throwable::printStackTrace);

如果你使用Android Studio 3.0及以上版本，你可以使用lambda表达式。callMyMethod()方法在2秒后被调用:

new Handler().postDelayed(() -> callMyMethod(), 2000);

如果你需要取消延迟的可运行文件，请使用以下命令:

Handler handler = new Handler();
handler.postDelayed(() -> callMyMethod(), 2000);

// When you need to cancel all your posted runnables just use:
handler.removeCallbacksAndMessages(null);