How do you use a TimerTask to run a thread?

I have implemented something like this and it works fine:

    private Timer mTimer1;
    private TimerTask mTt1;
    private Handler mTimerHandler = new Handler();

    private void stopTimer(){
        if(mTimer1 != null){
            mTimer1.cancel();
            mTimer1.purge();
        }
    }

    private void startTimer(){
        mTimer1 = new Timer();
        mTt1 = new TimerTask() {
            public void run() {
                mTimerHandler.post(new Runnable() {
                    public void run(){
                        //TODO
                    }
                });
            }
        };

        mTimer1.schedule(mTt1, 1, 5000);
    }

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