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I try to making a splash screen
all i want is wait at splash screen for 1 sec then automatically load to play screen .
I try to use Thread.Sleep() but it's not work .
Any idea,Plsssssssss .
THANKS YOU :D

try something like this
timer = 10000f; // 10 seconds
Then in the update method:
timer -= gameTime.ElapsedGameTime.TotalMilliseconds;
if (timer <= 0.0f)
{
// trigger whatever happens when the timer expires.
}

Davor's solution is fine, but I suggest you to use TimeSpan if you have to handle with time:
TimeSpan timer = new TimeSpan(0, 0, 1); //1 second
Then in the Update method:
if (timer > TimeSpan.Zero)
timer -= gameTime.ElapsedGameTime;
if (timer < TimeSpan.Zero)
{
timer = TimeSpan.Zero;
//load your play screen
}
timer = TimeSpan.Zero ensures that you load your play screen only once.

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https://docs.coronalabs.com/api/library/system/getTimer.html
Store the time a shot was fired in a global variable.
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Another way would be to remove the event listener and start a timer event that will re-add the event listener after 500ms. Or you have a global flag that prevents shooting and have a timer reset this flag every 500ms.
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(2) while playing the game, if the time elapsed between the user touching a sprite is greater than 5 seconds, track this.
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your sprites update / touched method
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delay: 0,
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},
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}
);
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Can someone please help me with this?
Thank you for your time.
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target:self
selector:#selector(animateAway)
userInfo:nil
repeats:NO];
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