Temporal Event Except with Shorter Interval

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I'm making a watch app, and I want it to constantly monitor the user's health data (heart rate, respiratory rate, and sleep status) in the background to see if they meet certain criteria. The closest solution I've found is the temporal event. It resets every five minutes, and I was hoping to have a solution that ran the event at a much more frequent interval. Can someone let me know if there is a way to do this?

jim_m_58 · Accepted Answer

onAppUpdate() is a callback function called by the system when your app first runs to indicate that the .prg has been updated. Same with onAppInstall() for something new. 
 In a device app, you can do something like set a timer for every 60 seconds and have have it monitor the data collected in the timer call back.

sabeard · Answer

I agree that the timer is the best way to do this. The think to be aware of is you can only start a max of 3 timers on a device. So be sure to think about ways to maximize what a timer can be used for. In your timer callback you can have as many checks in one call back as you want. So if you need to display the time on the screen, then the one call back can be used to update the time on the screen and to initiate the data checks at the specified interval. You may have to get creative if you want different intervals for different data but it can be done.

Temporal Event Except with Shorter Interval

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