Using Edittext for Countdown timer

Question

i have find a code for countdown timer but the value is 10 sec. i want it to get the values from Edittext this is the code

private static final long TIMER_LENGHT = 10; // Ten seconds
    private long mTimeToGo;
    private CountDownTimer mCountDownTimer;
    private TimerState mState;

i did that

Edittext1 et1 = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.Edittext1);
String strInput = et1.getText().toString();
private static final long TIMER_LENGHT = et1; 
private long mTimeToGo;
private CountDownTimer mCountDownTimer;
private TimerState mState;

but it did not work what can i do to make it work *this is the Full code i'm using

Answer 1

Shouldn't this :

private static final long TIMER_LENGHT = et1;

be:

private static final long TIMER_LENGHT = Long.parseLong(strInput);

EDIT:

First change your TIMER_LENGTH TO:

  private long TIMER_LENGHT = 0;

We'll start it off as 0 and later when we click the button we change it:

@OnClick(R.id.main_timer_button)
    public void onButtonClicked() {
        if  (mState == TimerState.STOPPED) {
            mPreferences.setStartedTime(getNow());
            EditText et1 = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.et1);
            String strInput = et1.getText().toString().trim();
            TIMER_LENGHT = Long.parseLong(strInput);
            startTimer();
            mState = TimerState.RUNNING;
        }
    }