public async Task StartCheckWatchesTimer(string lastRunTime)
{
//CrossLocalNotifications.Current.Show("title", lastRunTime);
DoCheckWatches = true;
DateTime lastRunTimeDateTime = DateTime.Parse(lastRunTime);
//lastRunTimeDateTime = lastRunTimeDateTime.AddSeconds(310);
int delay = Convert.ToInt32(lastRunTimeDateTime.AddSeconds(325).Subtract(DateTime.Now).TotalMilliseconds);
if (delay > 0)
{
await Task.Delay(delay);
}
while (DoCheckWatches)
{
string notificationString = await Wservice.CheckWatches(Items);
// Update the UI (because of async/await magic, this is still in the UI thread!)
if (notificationString != null)
{
CrossLocalNotifications.Current.Show(Translater.ProvideValue("Overbid:"), notificationString);
}
if (DoCheckWatches)
{
await Task.Delay(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(310));
}
}
/*Device.StartTimer(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10), () =>
* {
* Task.Factory.StartNew(async () =>
* {
* // Do the actual request and wait for it to finish.
*
* if (Wservice.LastUpdateTime != null)
* await CheckWatches();
* // Switch back to the UI thread to update the UI
* Device.BeginInvokeOnMainThread(() =>
* {
* // Update the UI
* // ...
* // Now repeat by scheduling a new request
* //ScheduleWebRequest();
* });
* });
*
* // Don't repeat the timer (we will start a new timer when the request is finished)
* return false;
* });*/
}