Timer not working

[PK_Hong]

HI PG:

Just found that TIMER is not working at all.

May PG check on this.

TQ and have a nice day.

[CarlosFigueira]

I don't know when this started happening (couldn't find on the release notes), but now the timer will not "work" during authoring (i.e., it won't count the time), but it will when you either preview the app ("play button" on the top-right corner) or in the published app.

I don't know exactly why that change was made, but I remember having a problem with a timer in a splash screen once (show a screen for a while, then navigate to a second screen), and once I had the timer set up, it would transition so fast that I couldn't go back to edit the first screen (it would quickly move to the second one), so I'm guessing something related to this.

I'll talk to the owner of that control so that the description of new behavior is added to the control description page (and possibly the reason for that change).

[hpkeong]

Hi @CarlosFigueira

(I can;t sign in with hpkeong and awaiting Jessica to help me. So I change my name back from hpkeong to PK Hong)

Thanks and yes, you are right that timer works during preview.

(I check with Project Siena, it still works).

Please talk to the owner of that control. Otherwise, it would be "problem" as you got to preview to know what happens from the timer. I suspect it might be a simple bug.

It must be fixed.

Thanks and have a nice day.

[FilipK]

Hi hpkeong,

You are right, it is a little more work to have to preview to see what happens with the timer.  However without this functionality, you cannot make timer useful in a some common cases.   For example, if you want to set a short timer interval of 1-2 seconds after which you go to the next screen (a common use case for splash or info screens), it becomes virtually impossible to modify the behaviour in the designer, as you only have 1-2 seconds to selecte the control, find the property and modify it.

Because this is a common use case with our users, we've decided to allow them to modify the timer properties without them having to worry about expiration.  The effect of this is that you have to perview to see the control in action.

Is this a big incovenience for your use case?

[hpkeong]

Hi @FilipK

Thanks for having PA Owner of Timer Function clarifying the rational behind the change.

Yes, from your explanation I can understand and in fact, I myself encountered the same problem before and I have to use Ctrl A to delete to avoid quick change due to short timer duration, even during Project Siena era.

However, as you mentioned, it has resulted slight invonvenience esp when the duration is long enough for me to see the Immediate Effect without resorting to Preview.

Anyway, I wish that there is an Option in the right pane to enable such Auto_Timer_Disabled - true / false function for a better control.

Thanks and have a nice day.