# Timer API that connects to phone?

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**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\
**Created:** [November 18, 2021, 2:24pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/timer-api-that-connects-to-phone/1623279 "2021-11-18T14:24:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![codeswept](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/codeswept/32/87755_2.png) [@codeswept](https://community.thunkable.com/u/codeswept)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2021, 2:24pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/timer-api-that-connects-to-phone/1623279/1 "2021-11-18T14:24:18Z")

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I’m making a music practice app, and I want to add a functionality so users can start, pause, resume and stop a timer, so they can time their practice. However, as timers don’t work in the background, is there a timer API that can start a timer from the phone’s default timer/alarm app? I’m looking for one that can connect to the phone so that even if the screen is switched off, users get notified when the timer runs out.  
TIA

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**Author:** ![ant\_1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ant_1/32/183393_2.png) [@ant\_1](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ant_1)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2021, 3:04pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/timer-api-that-connects-to-phone/1623279/2 "2021-11-18T15:04:12Z")

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First do you know how to make notifications?

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**Author:** ![muneer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/muneer/32/75210_2.png) [@muneer](https://community.thunkable.com/u/muneer)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2021, 3:21pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/timer-api-that-connects-to-phone/1623279/3 "2021-11-18T15:21:15Z")

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The best workaround I could find is to set the timer in the calendar itself.

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**Author:** ![codeswept](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/codeswept/32/87755_2.png) [@codeswept](https://community.thunkable.com/u/codeswept)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2021, 4:04pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/timer-api-that-connects-to-phone/1623279/4 "2021-11-18T16:04:02Z")

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Calendar as in Google Calendar?

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**Author:** ![codeswept](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/codeswept/32/87755_2.png) [@codeswept](https://community.thunkable.com/u/codeswept)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2021, 4:04pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/timer-api-that-connects-to-phone/1623279/5 "2021-11-18T16:04:33Z")

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I’m intending to use the API to create notifications so I don’t have to bother with them 😅

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**Author:** ![muneer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/muneer/32/75210_2.png) [@muneer](https://community.thunkable.com/u/muneer)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2021, 6:29pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/timer-api-that-connects-to-phone/1623279/6 "2021-11-18T18:29:29Z")

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Yes, this is what I mean.

The other solution is to ask your users to register with ITFFF individually and use it to manage the notification.

> **[How to Send Push Notifications to Your Phone From Any Script](https://betterprogramming.pub/how-to-send-push-notifications-to-your-phone-from-any-script-6b70e34748f6)**
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> Getting notified when tasks complete

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**Post date:** [February 16, 2022, 6:30pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/timer-api-that-connects-to-phone/1623279/7 "2022-02-16T18:30:08Z")

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