Flex - IdleManager

This is an Idle manager built for flex that allows you to automate events when your application has gone idle for a specified amount of time.  I recently found out this IdleManager was in use in the NFL video player.

It allows you to -

• Add a recurring event that fires ever N number of milliseconds when the app goes idle
• Add a one time idle event that fires one time the next time the application goes idle and reaches that number of milliseconds - then delete the listener
• Add an event that will be fired one time every time the application goes idle and reaches that number of milliseconds

USAGE

private function initIdleListeners():void{
//you can pass an optional data object to any of these methods that will be passed with the event
IdleManager.getInstance().addFirstTimeIdleEventListener(1000, firstTimeHandler);
IdleManager.getInstance().addOneTimeIdleEventListener(3000, oneTimeHandler);
IdleManager.getInstance().addRecurringIdleEventListener(5000, recurringHandler);
}
 
private function firstTimeHandler(e:IdleEvent):void{
trace('This is fired every time the app idles for the specified amount of time, just ONCE');
trace(e.millisecondsIdle, e.type, e.data);
}
 
private function oneTimeHandler(e:IdleEvent):void{
trace('This is fired exactly once, the first time the app ever goes idle for the specified amount of time, then is deleted');
trace(e.millisecondsIdle, e.type, e.data);
}
 
private function recurringHandler(e:IdleEvent):void{
trace('This is fired recurringly every time the app goes idle for the specified amount of time');
trace(e.millisecondsIdle, e.type, e.data);
}

You can view the source HERE

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