Thread.Sleep replacement in .NET for Windows Store

Question

Thread.Sleep doesn\'t seem to be supported in .NET for Windows Store apps.

For example, this

System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(1000);

Answer 1

I just had the same problem and found another interesting solution that I wanted to share with you. If you really want to block the thread I would do it like this (thanks @Brannon for the "slim" hint):

// `waitHandle.Set` is never called, so we wait always until the timeout occurs
using (var waitHandle = new ManualResetEventSlim(initialState: false))
{
    waitHandle.Wait(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5));
}