Use the built-in handler instead of allocating another one.

import android.graphics.Canvas;

import android.graphics.Typeface;

import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable;

import android.os.Handler;

import android.text.Spannable;

import android.text.SpannableStringBuilder;

import android.text.format.DateFormat;

 * minutes.

 */

public class Clock extends TextView {

    private final Handler mHandler = new Handler();

    private boolean mAttached;

    private Calendar mCalendar;

    private String mClockFormatString;

            filter.addAction(Intent.ACTION_TIMEZONE_CHANGED);

            filter.addAction(Intent.ACTION_CONFIGURATION_CHANGED);

            getContext().registerReceiver(mIntentReceiver, filter, null, mHandler);

            getContext().registerReceiver(mIntentReceiver, filter, null, getHandler());

        }

        // NOTE: It's safe to do these after registering the receiver since the receiver always runs