Start a background worker

Workers are timers that poll an R function at a given interval. The worker fires "timer" events at each tick; handle with app$handlers$timer. This is a convenience wrapper around set_interval() for polling patterns.

Usage

set_worker(app, interval, name)

Arguments

app

An RtuiApp object.

interval

Polling interval in seconds (numeric, > 0).

name

Worker name (used as event$timer_id).

Value

Invisible app.