How to asynchronously wait for x seconds and execute something then?

Question

I know there is Thread.Sleep and System.Windows.Forms.Timer and Monitor.Wait in C# and Windows Forms. I just can\'t seem to be able to figure out how to wait fo

Answer 1

Have you tried

public static Task Delay(
    int millisecondsDelay
)

You can use like this:

await Task.Delay(5000);

reference: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh194873(v=vs.110).aspx