# \#timer **URL:** https://community.thunkable.com/tag/timer/314.md [Latest](https://community.thunkable.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.thunkable.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.thunkable.com/tags.md) --- ## [Simple timer doesn't work](https://community.thunkable.com/t/simple-timer-doesnt-work/2586690)
**Author:** [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2023, 6:04pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/simple-timer-doesnt-work/2586690 "2023-09-11T18:04:56Z")
I don’t know why I’ve always struggled with using timers in Thunkable. Something that should be intuitive just doesn’t seem like it to me. I don’t understand why the documentation doesn’t have a simple example of a count… --- ## [Show Stop watch Timer in Smartphones Notification menu?](https://community.thunkable.com/t/show-stop-watch-timer-in-smartphones-notification-menu/2289781)
**Author:** [@thomas.lorentzonsi](https://community.thunkable.com/u/thomas.lorentzonsi)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2023, 10:57pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/show-stop-watch-timer-in-smartphones-notification-menu/2289781 "2023-02-21T22:57:40Z")
I have built a simple Stop watch, and I would like the stop watch to show in the smartphones notification menu when you temporary leave the app. How can I achieve this? --- ## [How to make a screen timer](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-make-a-screen-timer/1583770)
**Author:** [@itzvinie](https://community.thunkable.com/u/itzvinie)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2022, 4:35am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-make-a-screen-timer/1583770 "2022-07-23T04:35:49Z")
Am not too familiar with the timer component ,but I want to be able to set specific time in a cloud Variable and when it’s \<0 from the \*time\_Viewer the timer should be triggered and an action should be taken. The user i… --- ## [Countdown timer stops after 1 second](https://community.thunkable.com/t/countdown-timer-stops-after-1-second/1951705)
**Author:** [@prez523kthzh9](https://community.thunkable.com/u/prez523kthzh9)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2022, 11:20am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/countdown-timer-stops-after-1-second/1951705 "2022-07-05T11:20:39Z")
I’m making a simple countdown app. it’s similar to the countdown in this forum: https://community.thunkable.com/t/working-with-times-and-dates-in-thunkable/54077/4 the only difference is that the user can only input ti… --- ## [Timer and background](https://community.thunkable.com/t/timer-and-background/1597626)
**Author:** [@alex\_ezacae](https://community.thunkable.com/u/alex_ezacae)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2021, 6:50pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/timer-and-background/1597626 "2021-11-04T18:50:17Z")
Hello all, I am trying to make an simple app that is counting the time I am spending on the app and each time the app is running but I am doing something else (so my app is suppose to be on background) the app is suppos… --- ## [Sync music with timer](https://community.thunkable.com/t/sync-music-with-timer/1596124)
**Author:** [@overshield](https://community.thunkable.com/u/overshield)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2021, 9:32pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/sync-music-with-timer/1596124 "2021-11-03T21:32:32Z")
I’m trying to allow people to play a song with a timer, and if someone pauses the time it should pause the music at the same time. I notice the more times the timer is paused the farther they become unsynced. I’ve trie… --- ## [Timer not working](https://community.thunkable.com/t/timer-not-working/1585763)
**Author:** [@flansoda](https://community.thunkable.com/u/flansoda)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2021, 11:41pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/timer-not-working/1585763 "2021-10-28T23:41:54Z")
I have a label with the text set as “60” and I want it to decrease by 1 every second. I am having difficulty with the timer feature because it just won’t work with anything that I try. --- ## [Basic timer question](https://community.thunkable.com/t/basic-timer-question/1300622)
**Author:** [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2021, 4:00pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/basic-timer-question/1300622 "2021-10-25T16:00:36Z")
Since the current WDC is all about timers, I thought I’d ask a really basic question. The timer component has always confounded me. For example, why doesn’t this change the value of the label? My timer is set to coun… --- ## [Text in order of time and date?](https://community.thunkable.com/t/text-in-order-of-time-and-date/1211273)
**Author:** [@mpmobil6vddpps](https://community.thunkable.com/u/mpmobil6vddpps)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2021, 6:33pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/text-in-order-of-time-and-date/1211273 "2021-04-07T18:33:00Z")
HELLO DEAR THUNKERS! How can I make all of my texts from a screen get updated, from top to bottom, in order of “time & date”? Reminding the texts will be posted from the users… THX A LOT!!! I need your help as tried a… --- ## [Stopwatch not starting when page opens](https://community.thunkable.com/t/stopwatch-not-starting-when-page-opens/1050611)
**Author:** [@sp72979rdrlbc](https://community.thunkable.com/u/sp72979rdrlbc)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2021, 11:24pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/stopwatch-not-starting-when-page-opens/1050611 "2021-01-15T23:24:52Z")
I have this stopwatch that I want to start when a page opens, here’s how the code looks: What did I do wrong? --- ## [\[Solved\] Creating Visible Timer](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-creating-visible-timer/290266)
**Author:** [@1negroup](https://community.thunkable.com/u/1negroup)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2021, 2:57pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-creating-visible-timer/290266 "2021-01-15T14:57:34Z")
Hello again I Have a New Question I am Trying to Make the Timer Visible using a Variable. here is what i have #timer #visible #counter #1negroup --- ## [\[Solved\] Countdown Timer](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-countdown-timer/1042470)
**Author:** [@sp72979rdrlbc](https://community.thunkable.com/u/sp72979rdrlbc)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2021, 10:17pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-countdown-timer/1042470 "2021-01-12T22:17:32Z")
I’m trying to make a countdown timer in minutes and tried something like this: But it didn’t work, I was trying to make it countdown in minutes but was stumped on how to so now I’m trying to make a countdown timer in … --- ## [Timer: Enable (True/false) vs start/stop](https://community.thunkable.com/t/timer-enable-true-false-vs-start-stop/1001239)
**Author:** [@allthingsyantho](https://community.thunkable.com/u/allthingsyantho)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2020, 10:26am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/timer-enable-true-false-vs-start-stop/1001239 "2020-12-28T10:26:10Z")
Timers have an “enabled” property that can be set to true and false. Timers can also be told to start and stop. How are these different? It seems in both cases that the timer is essentially disabled, such that re-enab… --- ## [Advice on how to create a timed event](https://community.thunkable.com/t/advice-on-how-to-create-a-timed-event/826174)
**Author:** [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2020, 4:49am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/advice-on-how-to-create-a-timed-event/826174 "2020-09-18T04:49:49Z")
I have a location sensor in my app that gets triggered when someone taps the location symbol button on the screen. I want to update a variable from an API call once and then every 5 minutes after the location button is … --- ## [Persistent CountUp Timer](https://community.thunkable.com/t/persistent-countup-timer/736557)
**Author:** [@parknpayuserc4he](https://community.thunkable.com/u/parknpayuserc4he)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2020, 5:01pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/persistent-countup-timer/736557 "2020-08-12T17:01:35Z")
Hello all I want to setup a visual persistent timer in a screen, in other words it must continue even if the app is in the background. I tried the forever loop with a wait time of 1 second to test, but it stops whenever … --- ## [Simple timer is not working](https://community.thunkable.com/t/simple-timer-is-not-working/562983)
**Author:** [@sunethjod](https://community.thunkable.com/u/sunethjod)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2020, 3:06pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/simple-timer-is-not-working/562983 "2020-04-08T15:06:20Z")
I am new to thunkable and programming in general and i am trying to get a simple countdown timer to work. I used the timer tutorial as a reference but the countdown stops at 9. Timer delay is set to 1 second. Also I not… --- ## [\[Solved\] How to make clock work as a stopwatch?](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-how-to-make-clock-work-as-a-stopwatch/280984)
**Author:** [@junjoseph](https://community.thunkable.com/u/junjoseph)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2019, 4:03am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-how-to-make-clock-work-as-a-stopwatch/280984 "2019-10-24T04:03:47Z")
Hi all! Good day to all! I been creating an module for the clock and trying to create a stopwatch and set a record in list for after the hours set. for example I set for 4 hours of duty and the duty time is 5:30pm and… --- ## [Timer resetting Lottie](https://community.thunkable.com/t/timer-resetting-lottie/63613)
**Author:** [@Xenoverge](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Xenoverge)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2019, 12:59pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/timer-resetting-lottie/63613 "2019-01-07T12:59:54Z")
Hello, It seems that Timers interfere with the Lottie animation. If a timer fires much faster than a Lottie animation it will reset the Lottie animation before it is over. So if you have a 0.5 sec timer firing every 0… --- ## [Is it possible for my user to click a button that will start a timer?](https://community.thunkable.com/t/is-it-possible-for-my-user-to-click-a-button-that-will-start-a-timer/41558)
**Author:** [@Julia\_Herskovic](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Julia_Herskovic)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2018, 12:44pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/is-it-possible-for-my-user-to-click-a-button-that-will-start-a-timer/41558 "2018-08-18T12:44:31Z")
Hello! I am new to Thunkable and this is my first post so please be patient :slight\_smile: I am creating a health education app for high school students, and one feature I want to integrate is a timer. Specifically, I…