InactivityTimer

Extends NativeObject

A timer that triggers when the app has not been interacted with for a configurable interval.

Import this type with “const {InactivityTimer} = require('tabris');

Methods

cancel()

Stops and resets the timer.

start()

Starts the timer with the currently configured delay. After the first timeout event, the timer will stop but it can be started again.

Properties

delay

Type: number, default: 0

The interval of user inactivity that will trigger the timer. Given in milliseconds. Changes to this property will not affect a running timer.

Events

delayChanged

Fired when the delay property has changed.

Event Parameters

  • target: this The widget the event was fired on.

  • value: number The new value of delay.

timeout

Fired when the app has not been interacted with since the configured delay.

Example

const {Button, InactivityTimer, TextView, ui} = require('tabris');

let timer = new InactivityTimer({
  delay: 2000
}).on('timeout', () => label.text = 'inactive!');

let label = new TextView({
  centerX: 0, top: 16,
  text: ''
}).appendTo(ui.contentView);

new Button({
  centerX: 0, top: 'prev()',
  text: 'Start'
}).on('select', () => {
  timer.start();
  label.text = 'started';
}).appendTo(ui.contentView);

new Button({
  centerX: 0, top: 'prev()',
  text: 'Cancel'
}).on('select', () => {
  timer.cancel();
  label.text = 'cancelled';
}).appendTo(ui.contentView);