refresh the tree view repeatedly in an extension

[cranechu]

I am working on an extension which monitors external devices. I hope to update the status repeatedly in the tree view, like every 1 or even 0.1 second. It looks like the pic below:

Now, I have the refresh button working, so I can do it by clicking it repeatedly. Can we trigger the refresh (or corresponding command, keybinding) by a timer?

Thanks!

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• Refresh Explorer when last refresh is not completed causes crash (#68424)

[sandy081]

@cranechu You can call the following API in an interval of you like

https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/blob/bc9a93e67ba274ed3cf4d0c951cca5d93eaf7060/src/vs/vscode.d.ts#L6741

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