Setting iPhone’s timer in Apple’s clock app in iOS 11

Question

Is there an API to set a timer in Apple's Clock app to a specific countdown?

I know there is the Reminders SDK and EventKit, but I was looking for setting the timer and not a reminder.

Answer 1

No, there is no available API for this. You should create a custom timer inside your app to replicate that functionality.

Use the Timer class of Foundation to make a simple timer in your application.

let timer: Timer!

timer = Timer.scheduledTimer(withTimeInterval: 60, repeats: false) { timer in
    [completion code]
}

For more information about creating a timer with a countdown, check out this question.