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Reputation: 20279

Code should be executed one time after short delay

I have this Timer:

Timer delayTimer = new Timer();
delayTimer.Interval = 500;
delayTimer.Elapsed += (object sender, ElapsedEventArgs e) => {
    Console.WriteLine("test");
    textInputDialog.Show();
    delayTimer.Stop();
};
delayTimer.Start();

Here I have the following problems:

What is wrong with my code?

Alternative solutions:

This is an alternative to timer as Jens Horstmann mentioned. And this is called on the UI thread:

private async Task SendWithDelay()
{
    await Task.Delay(500);
    textInputDialog.Show();
}

Another alternative would be NSTimer:

NSTimer.CreateScheduledTimer(new TimeSpan(0,0,0,0,500), delegate {
    textInputDialog.Show();
});

And to invoke a call on the UI thread you can use InvokeOnMainThread:

Timer delayTimer = new Timer();
delayTimer.Interval = 500;
delayTimer.Elapsed += (object sender, ElapsedEventArgs e) => {
    delayTimer.Stop();
    Console.WriteLine("test");
    InvokeOnMainThread (() => {
        textInputDialog.Show();
    });
};
delayTimer.Start();

Upvotes: 6

Views: 7748

Answers (3)

SwiftArchitect
SwiftArchitect

Reputation: 48514

Here is a solution without async/await

It also happen to fit in a single statement, which is rather elegant.
This is a C#, cross-platform solution to perform an action after a delay. Also works for a recurring task.

using System.Threading;

var delayTimer = new Timer((state) => // Create timer, forget about it
    InvokeOnMainThread(() =>          // Fire on main thread
        textInputDialog.Show()        // Your code goes here
    ),
    null,                             // Ignore the state
    5 * 1000,                         // 5 seconds until the 1st fire
    Timeout.Infinite);                // Do not repeat

Upvotes: 3

Daniele D.
Daniele D.

Reputation: 2734

Something like this worked for me:

    private async Task DelayedShow()
    {
        await Task.Delay(500);
        await _loadPop.textInputDialog.Show();
    }

Remember to call the method like this:

  BeginInvokeOnMainThread(() => DelayedShow());

Upvotes: 0

DrKoch
DrKoch

Reputation: 9762

Stop the timer before you show the dialog:

delayTimer.Elapsed += (object sender, ElapsedEventArgs e) => {
    delayTimer.Stop();
    Console.WriteLine("test");
    textInputDialog.Show();
};

Also you probably used the wrong timer. Don't use System.Threading.Timer or System.Timers because this involves multithreading which does not work well with winforms or WPF. (This is probably the reason your MessageBox does not show - its called on the wrong thread)

In WPF you should use System.Windows.Threading.DispatcherTimer

Edit

In Winforms you should use System.Windows.Forms.Timer (see comments)

Upvotes: 4

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