Indeed, perhaps that API is the answer and we just need to ensure its available and working. Created this bug from bug #1480200
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to ubuntu-ui-toolkit in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1583639 Title: Implement a timer API Status in Client Developer Experience: Confirmed Status in ubuntu-ui-toolkit package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: It would be useful to provide a Timer API to developers. See http://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/CountDownTimer.html https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Cocoa/Reference/Foundation/Classes/NSTimer_Class/ http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/timers.html To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/canonical-developer-experience/+bug/1583639/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp