The simplest way to do this seems to be just using concatMap
and wrapping each item in a delayed Obserable.
long startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
Observable.range(1, 5)
.concatMap(i-> Observable.just(i).delay(50, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS))
.doOnNext(i-> System.out.println(
"Item: " + i + ", Time: " + (System.currentTimeMillis() - startTime) +"ms"))
.toCompletable().await();
Prints:
Item: 1, Time: 51ms
Item: 2, Time: 101ms
Item: 3, Time: 151ms
Item: 4, Time: 202ms
Item: 5, Time: 252ms