stable-timer

A timer that is stable in any situation. e.g. tabs in background, the invisible state page.

Supported Browsers

• Internet Explorer 11+
• Firefox 12+
• Google Chrome 20+
• Safari 6+
• iOS 6.0+
• Android 4.4+

Installation

npm:

$ npm install stable-timer

bower:

$ bower install stable-timer

Example

var stable = require('stable-timer');

var timer1 = stable.setTimeout(function() {
  console.log('timer 1', new Date());
}, 500);

console.log('timer 1 is started. timer id = ', timer1);

var timer2 = stable.setInterval(function() {
  console.log('timer 2', new Date());
}, 500);

console.log('timer 2 is started. timer id = ', timer2);

var timer3 = stable.setTimeout(function() {
  // never called.
  console.log('timer 3', new Date());
}, 15000);

console.log('timer 3 is started. timer id = ', timer3);

var timer4 = stable.setInterval(function() {
  // never called.
  console.log('timer 4', new Date());
}, 15000);

console.log('timer 4 is started. timer id = ', timer4);

stable.setTimeout(function() {
  console.log('clear all timers');
  stable.clearTimeout(timer1);
  stable.clearInterval(timer2);
  stable.clearTimeout(timer3);
  stable.clearInterval(timer4);
  console.log('all timers were cleared.');
}, 10000);

License

MIT