How to repeatedly connect a timer with onTapGesture?

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As title says I have created a timer to publish every second and on the 5th second it disables a picker in my view. The timer itself is started by tapping on the picker and it works on the first try but doesn't connect on subsequent tries.

I am trying to create one of those web elements that can be dragged across the screen and placed wherever to clear users view but to allow for this I have to disable the picker or else it prevents other gestures from working. What is the problem?

struct ContentView: View { // some other parameters @State private var isSorting = false let timer = Timer.publish(every: 1, on: .main, in: .common) @State private var count = 0 func timeOut() { if count >= 5 { isSorting = false timer.connect().cancel() count = 0 } count += 1 } var body: some View { // other gesture code ZStack(alignment: .init(horizontal: .trailing, vertical: .bottom)) { TabView { // tabs } VStack { // spacers // if code VStack { Menu { // picker } label: { Image(systemName: "arrow.up.arrow.down") } } .disabled(!isSorting) .onTapGesture { isSorting = true timer.connect() } .onReceive(timer) { _ in timeOut() } // .other modifiers } } } }

Hi, instead of publish, use Timer.scheduledTimer(timeInterval: 2, target: self, selector: #selector(foobar), userInfo: nil, repeats: true) — Dennis Weidmann
– Dennis Weidmann, Commented Jun 28 at 11:06

user17852191 · Accepted Answer · 2025-06-28 11:04:20Z

So I figured I could just auto connect and let the function run irrespective of being the tap gesture being triggered. Hopefully this isn't resource wasting. Code below:

struct ContentView: View { // some other parameters @State private var isSorting = false let timer = Timer.publish(every: 1, on: .main, in: .common).autoconnect() @State private var count = 0 func timeOut() { if count >= 5 { isSorting = false count = 0 } count += 1 } var body: some View { // other gesture code ZStack(alignment: .init(horizontal: .trailing, vertical: .bottom)) { TabView { // tabs } VStack { // spacers // if code VStack { Menu { // picker } label: { Image(systemName: "arrow.up.arrow.down") } } .disabled(!isSorting) .onTapGesture { isSorting = true } .onReceive(timer) { _ in timeOut() } // .other modifiers } } } }

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