Add Timer control to the Power Apps

Time control is a control that can determine how your app responds after a certain amount of time passes. Timers can, for example, determine how long a control appears or change other properties of a control after a certain amount of time has passed. In this tutorial we will see how to add a Timer control in Power Apps.

How to add Timer control to the Power Apps

  1. Add Timer control.
  2. Add Text Label control.
  3. Add the rule to Text Label control.
  4. Set the duration time for the Duration property.
  5. Set the value true for the Autostart property.
  6. Set the rule for the OnTimeEnd property.
  7. Set the Visible property.
  8. Run an app.

Key properties of Time control

  1. Duration – How long a timer runs in milliseconds. The maximum is 24 hours expressed in milliseconds. Default is 60 seconds.
  2. OnTimerEnd – Actions to perform when a timer finishes running.
  3. Repeat – Whether a timer automatically restarts when it finishes running.
  4. AutoPause – Whether the timer control automatically pauses if the user navigates to a different screen.
  5. AutoStart – Whether the timer control automatically starts to play when the user navigates to the screen that contains that control.
  6. OnTimerStart – Actions to perform when a timer starts to run.
  7. Start – Whether the timer starts.
  8. Visible – Whether a control appears or is hidden.

Formulas in this tutorial

Microsoft Power Apps documentation: Timer control in Power Apps

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