Android update TextView in Thread and Runnable

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The UserInterface can only be updated by the UI Thread. You need a Handler, to post to the UI Thread:

private void startTimerThread() {
    Handler handler = new Handler();
    Runnable runnable = new Runnable() {
        private long startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
        public void run() {
            while (gameState == GameState.Playing) {  
                try {
                    Thread.sleep(1000);
                }    
                catch (InterruptedException e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
                handler.post(new Runnable(){
                    public void run() {
                       tvTime.setText("" + ((System.currentTimeMillis() - this.startTime) / 1000));
                }
            });
            }
        }
    };
    new Thread(runnable).start();
}

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