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export function animationInterval(ms, signal, callback) { | |
// Prefer currentTime, as it'll better sync animtions queued in the | |
// same frame, but if it isn't supported, performance.now() is fine. | |
const start = document.timeline ? document.timeline.currentTime : performance.now(); | |
function frame(time) { | |
if (signal.aborted) return; | |
callback(time); | |
scheduleFrame(time); | |
} | |
function scheduleFrame(time) { | |
const elapsed = time - start; | |
const roundedElapsed = Math.round(elapsed / ms) * ms; | |
const targetNext = start + roundedElapsed + ms; | |
const delay = targetNext - performance.now(); | |
setTimeout(() => requestAnimationFrame(frame), delay); | |
} | |
scheduleFrame(start); | |
} |
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// Usage | |
import { animationInterval } from './1.js'; | |
const controller = new AbortController(); | |
// Create an animation callback every second: | |
animationInterval(1000, controller.signal, time => { | |
console.log('tick!', time); | |
}); | |
// And to stop it: | |
controller.abort(); |
Fwiw, the OP solution isn't incompatible with useEffect
.
useEffect(() => {
const controller = new AbortController();
animationInterval(1000, controller.signal, () => {
// Runs every second
});
return () => controller.abort();
}, [...whatever]);
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I came up with a similar algo that compensates clock skew as it goes. It will compensate end to end for slight delays in
setTimeout
,requestAnimationFrame
, and of coursecallback
executions. So if any of these skew the clock, it will tell the next run to execute a bit earlier. As a bonus, I also made it compatible withuseEffect
for react users.