DispatcherTimer

Namespace: XPlat.UI

Provides a timer that is integrated into the Dispatcher queue, which is processed at a specified interval of time and at a specified priority.

public class DispatcherTimer : IDispatcherTimer

Supported platforms

Platform	Version
Xamarin.Android	9.0
Xamarin.iOS	1.0
UWP	10.0.16299

NOTE: DispatcherTimer can be accessed from a .NET Standard library, however, it will not run the action on the appropriate platform specific dispatcher. Instead, it will run like a regular System.Threading.Timer.

Constructors

DispatcherTimer() - Windows

DispatcherTimer(Windows.UI.Core.CoreDispatcher) - Windows

Parameters

dispatcher (Windows.UI.Core.CoreDispatcher)

The Windows CoreDispatcher reference to use the UI thread from to run the tick event.

DispatcherTimer(UIKit.UIViewController) - iOS

Parameters

viewController (UIKit.UIViewController)

The iOS UIViewController reference to use the UI thread from to run the tick event.

DispatcherTimer(Android.App.Activity) - Android

Parameters

activity (Android.App.Activity)

The Android Activity reference to use the UI thread from to run the tick event.

Events

Tick

Occurs when the timer interval has elapsed.

public event EventHandler<object> Tick;

Properties

Dispatcher - Windows

Gets or sets the original Windows CoreDispatcher reference object.

public Windows.UI.Core.CoreDispatcher Dispatcher { get; set; }

ViewController - iOS

Gets or sets the original iOS UIViewController reference object.

public UIKit.UIViewController ViewController { get; set; }

Activity - Android

Gets or sets the original Android Activity reference object.

public Android.App.Activity Activity { get; set; }

Interval

Gets or sets the amount of time between timer ticks.

public TimeSpan Interval { get; set; }

IsEnabled

Gets a value indicating whether the timer is running.

public bool IsEnabled { get; }

Methods

Start()

Starts the DispatcherTimer.

public void Start();

Stop()

Stops the DispatcherTimer.

public void Stop();

Related information

References

DispatcherTimer - Microsoft Docs