setInterval in background application

[Mikhail Shevchuk]

Hello, developers

I am having issues with building some kind of a timer thing in my
background application:
setInterval doesn't work for that and throws an error about that it
doesn't work in hidden apps.

How is the setInterval method can be implemented in such cases?

Any tips are very appreciated.

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[Alice Carback]

setTimeout and setInterval are window events, with the binding done:

this.controllwer.window.setTimeout( this.handler.bind(this), interval );

Perhaps if you had at least an item in the dashboard. Your app wouldn't be completely hidden, but it would at least have a display element that was always open. You could try to set the setTimeout or setInterval in there and still have it work in the background.

Many Thanks,
Alice Carback

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