Qml timer not triggered in the right interval

Question

I've created a timer QML app, and I'm using Timer qml component. The interval is set to 1000 milliseconds (the default one)... but it seems to be working properly only when the app is with focus on it. When I put it in background it seems that it's not triggered every time, and because of that I got some mistakes in the app.

I've tried to find anything related to that in the documentation, but I couldn't The timer code is really simple:

Timer {
    id: timer
    repeat: true
    onTriggered: {msRemaining -= 1000; Core.secondsToText(type);}
}

Anyone has any idea about that and how to fix it?

Versions: Qt 5.2 QML 2.0 OS X 10.9

Nejat · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-31T07:59:37.193

The QML Timer element is synchronized with the animation timer. Since the animation timer is usually set to 60fps, the resolution of Timer will be at best 16ms. You should also note that in Qt Quick 2 the animation timer is synced to the screen refresh (while in Qt Quick 1 it is hard-coded to 16ms). So when your app runs in background i think the refreshing is stopped and consequently your timer which is synced to screen refresh will stop working properly.

If you want to show elapsed time using a timer as you did is not a good idea because it is not precise. You can use javascript Date() function like:

import QtQuick 2.0

Item  {
    id: root
    width: 200; height: 230

    property double startTime: 0
    property int secondsElapsed: 0

    function restartCounter()  {

            root.startTime = 0;

        }

    function timeChanged()  {
        if(root.startTime==0)
        {
            root.startTime = new Date().getTime(); //returns the number of milliseconds since the epoch (1970-01-01T00:00:00Z);
        }
        var currentTime = new Date().getTime();
        root.secondsElapsed = (currentTime-startTime)/1000;
    }

    Timer  {
        id: elapsedTimer
        interval: 1000;
        running: true;
        repeat: true;
        onTriggered: root.timeChanged()
    }

    Text {
        id: counterText
        text: root.secondsElapsed
    }
}

Thanks for the answer. How is the best way to show the elapsed time in Qt Quick 2? — dfranca, Mar 31 '14 at 06:51
I editted the answer which shows ans example to show the elapsed time. — Nejat, Mar 31 '14 at 08:00
Is it possible to get triggered event after 5 minutes when screen is off? — Maxim Kim, Jul 07 '14 at 05:35

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 14 '15 at 16:41

I have a QML app with a Timer object, running on Android:

With Qt 4.8, the Timer works fine when the QML app is in the background.
With Qt 5.4, the Timer no longer works when the QML app is in the background. For example, the QML app can no longer receive onTriggered() signal. When the QML app is brought back to the foreground again, the Timer starts working again. It appears that the Qt signals are blocked while the QML app is in the background.

So this looks like a regression in Qt. And the best solution would be to wait until this regression is fixed.

This regression appears to have been fixed in Qt 5.5 alpha release. So the fix is likely to be available in Qt 5.5 official release. — jonathanzh, Apr 29 '15 at 15:43

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 26 '19 at 16:32

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This the code snippet working for me, It should inside ApplicationWindow{} or Item{} elements.

    Timer{
    id: closeTimer
    interval: 10000
    repeat: true
    running: true
    onTriggered: {
        drawer.close()
    }
}

Both repeat and running should be true.

answered Aug 26 '19 at 16:32

Prabeen Kumar Pradhan

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Welcome to Stack Overflow, answering questions here is good but this answer appears to repeat part of the accepted answer written by @Nejat. New answers to old questions should add new information or new insights into the topic. Duplicating an existing answer is not useful and just adds clutter to this site. – AdrianHHH Aug 26 '19 at 17:07

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