Timer Not Stopping In Android
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**THE PROBLEM**
I am having problems stopping the Timer whilst developing in android.

The timer is already null when it comes to stopping it.

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 `timer.cancel();` is called upon it.

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

**TimerTask**

My `TimerTask` is initialized inside the class but outside of a method and the codes below...

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

**Timer & Timer Start**

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

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

**Timer Stop**

I then call the below method when I want to stop the timer...

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

Any help would be much appreciated.