Question

How to pause execution for 5 seconds in Kotlin

Answer 1

fun main() {
    println("Pausing for 5 seconds...")
    
    Thread.sleep(5000) // Pause execution for 5000 milliseconds (5 seconds)
    
    println("Resuming execution.")
}

   
      
/*
run:

Pausing for 5 seconds...
Resuming execution.
  
*/

 

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Answer 2

import kotlinx.coroutines.runBlocking
import kotlinx.coroutines.delay

fun main() = runBlocking {
    println("Pausing for 5 seconds...")
    
    delay(5000) // Suspend for 5000 milliseconds (5 seconds)
    
    println("Resuming execution.")
}

   
      
/*
run:

Pausing for 5 seconds...
Resuming execution.
  
*/

 

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