private Timer timer = new Timer();

private final long DELAY = 1000; // in ms

EditText editTextStop = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.editTextStopId);

    editTextStop.addTextChangedListener(new TextWatcher() {

        @Override

        public void beforeTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int count,

                int after) {

        }

        @Override

        public void onTextChanged(final CharSequence s, int start, int before,

                int count) {

            if(timer != null)

                timer.cancel();

        }

        @Override

        public void afterTextChanged(final Editable s) {

            //avoid triggering event when text is too short

            if (s.length() >= 1) {              

                timer = new Timer();

                timer.schedule(new TimerTask() {

                    @Override

                    public void run() {

                        // TODO: do what you need here (refresh list)

                        // you will probably need to use

                        // runOnUiThread(Runnable action) for some specific

                        // actions

                    }

                }, DELAY);

            }

        }

    });