setTimeout

Sets a timeout for a function to run.

Description

setTimeout(function(), delay): void

It allows users to execute callbacks after a period of time expressed in milliseconds.

Note: This function works similarly to the setTimeout() function in JavaScript, you can read about it here.

Parameters

function: function
The reference to the callback function

delay: integer
The time of delay expressed in milliseconds.

Return values

None

Example

The example code below calls a function dump(test) after 1000 ms delay.

vcc.setTimeout(function () {
        dump('test');
    }, 1000);