How to use TimerTask on flutter?

Question

I want to create a function that runs every x seconds ..

in java there is the

TimerTask

but in flutter what is it?

Answer 1

import 'dart:async'; // import this 

And use Timer class periodic named constructor.

Timer.periodic(Duration(seconds: 1), (timer) {
  // this block runs every second
  // and when you want to stop it, simply call `timer.cancel();` here
});