Runnable to be run every second only runs once in Fragment onCreateView() public class MyFragment extends Fragment { Calendar mCalendar; private Runnable mTicker; private Handler mHandler; TextView mClock; String mFormat; private boolean mClockStopped = false; @Override public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState) { RelativeLayout view = (RelativeLayout) inflater.inflate(R.layout.meteo_widget, container, false); /* * Clock (from DigitalClock widget source) */ mClock = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.clock); mCalendar = Calendar.getInstance(); mHandler = new Handler(); mTicker = new Runnable() { public void run() { if(mClockStopped) return; mCalendar.setTimeInMillis(System.currentTimeMillis()); mClock.setText(DateFormat.format("hh:mm:ss", mCalendar)); mClock.invalidate(); long now = SystemClock.uptimeMillis(); long next = now + (1000 - now % 1000); mHandler.postAtTime(mTicker, next); } }; mTicker.run(); return view; } @Override public void onResume() { super.onResume(); mClockStopped = true; } @Override public void onPause() { mClockStopped = false; super.onPause(); } }