# How can I make a timer?

**URL:** <https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-can-i-make-a-timer/394365>\
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\
**Created:** [January 6, 2020, 5:31pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-can-i-make-a-timer/394365 "2020-01-06T17:31:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![mom7667yafy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e19b73/32.png) [@mom7667yafy](https://community.thunkable.com/u/mom7667yafy)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2020, 5:31pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-can-i-make-a-timer/394365/1 "2020-01-06T17:31:13Z")

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In the attached video, the 10-minute timer works at the bottom of the screen. How can I implement it in thunkable like this?

What I’ve been working on is that the timer stops working when I close the app. I want the time passed when I close and open the app.

And after 10 minutes I want to be able to sound a beep. I want the notification to sound even when the app is closed by pressing the home button.

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**Author:** ![jared](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/jared/32/138473_2.png) [@jared](https://community.thunkable.com/u/jared)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2020, 5:49pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-can-i-make-a-timer/394365/2 "2020-01-06T17:49:12Z")

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> [@mom7667yafy](#):
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> able to sound a beep. I want the notification to sound even when the app is closed by pressing the home button.

Thunkable apps don’t run in the background unfortunately. They do, however, exist in a ‘stasis’ mode it would appear but don’t complete any computations when they are not the ‘active’ screen on your device.

this would be a cool feature in the future and has been mentioned in several forum posts. There are some interesting workarounds that you should check out!

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**Author:** ![ioannis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ioannis/32/146956_2.png) [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 11:46am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-can-i-make-a-timer/394365/3 "2024-11-08T11:46:10Z")

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