Easy way to excecute method after a given delay?

Question

Is there a easy way to perform a method after a given delay like in iOS out of the box?

On iPhone I would do this:

[self performSelector:@selector(connectS

Answer 1

You can use a BackgroundWorker like so:

    private void Perform(Action myMethod, int delayInMilliseconds)
    {
        BackgroundWorker worker = new BackgroundWorker();

        worker.DoWork += (s, e) => Thread.Sleep(delayInMilliseconds);

        worker.RunWorkerCompleted += (s, e) => myMethod.Invoke();

        worker.RunWorkerAsync();
    }

The call into this method would look like this:

this.Perform(() => MyMethod(), 2500);

The background worker will run the sleep on a thread off of the UI thread so your application is free to do other things while the delay is occurring.

Answer 2

You can use the Reactive Extensions for WP7 to observe on a timer:

Observable
  .Timer(TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(2500))
  .SubscribeOnDispatcher()
  .Subscribe(_ =>
    {
      NavigationService.GoBack();
    });

Given the brevity of this code, I don't think you'd gain much by creating an extension method for it :) For more information about the Reactive Extensions for WP7, take a look at this MSDN page .