Can't get "setTimeout()" to work (SOLVED!)

Developers
1

Using script example “Say.js” as template…

// Say Something
function talk() {
say(“I am Homey, and this is written in HomeyScript!”);
} //END Talk

setTimeout(talk, 5000);

Console output:
" Script Error:
setTimeout is not defined"

I’m new to JS, just trying to make the function to wait 5sec. before executing…

2

Athom apparently doesn’t want you to use timers from Homeyscript, but they weren’t careful enough and left a few workarounds because they’re passing in lodash:

function talk() {
  say("I am Homey, and this is written in HomeyScript!");
}

// workaround one:
_.debounce(talk, 5000)();

// workaround two:
_.delay(talk, 5000);

However, if you want to introduce delays like this, it’s probably better to use the standard “delay” option for flow cards.

3

Tank you, it worked… ( _,delay() doesn’t seem precise, 10sec delay was really more like 8, but works for me)
I am planning to use this inside my own app, so having to use flow cards is not somthing i want to do…

4

Apps aren’t built using Homeyscript though, so inside a proper app you’re able to use setTimeout and other timers just fine.

5

Ok, tanks, was using homeyScript to test solutions to various problems, was not aware of different behaviour from apps…