# Waiting room check interval **URL:** \ **Category:** Android\ **Tags:** ciq, fr\ **Created:** [May 29, 2017, 8:26am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/waiting-room-check-interval/251 "2017-05-29T08:26:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Meir\_Schreiber](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/meir_schreiber/32/9638_2.png) [@Meir\_Schreiber](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/Meir_Schreiber)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 8:26am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/waiting-room-check-interval/251/1 "2017-05-29T08:26:32Z")
We have implemented a custom waiting room in our app. The default interval between checks if the meeting has started is about 30 seconds. Is there a way to influence this and check more often?   ---
**Author:** ![Joshua\_Woodward1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/joshua_woodward1/32/1480_2.png) [@Joshua\_Woodward1](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/Joshua_Woodward1)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 4:12pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/waiting-room-check-interval/251/2 "2017-05-30T16:12:55Z")
There is a way using the REST API to not have to poll at all. You can use the “push notifications” [https://zoom.us/developer/overview/push-notification-for-rest-api](https://zoom.us/developer/overview/push-notification-for-rest-api) to get notified when a meeting status changes.   You would have to implement a way to notify your app from a separate server side implementation. (something like [https://developers.google.com/cloud-messaging/](https://developers.google.com/cloud-messaging/)) ---
**Author:** ![Meir\_Schreiber](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/meir_schreiber/32/9638_2.png) [@Meir\_Schreiber](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/Meir_Schreiber)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2017, 2:58pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/waiting-room-check-interval/251/3 "2017-06-01T14:58:00Z")
ok, let’s say I have a way to know if the room is actually opened by the host. How can I move forward from the waiting room to the meeting room? ---
**Author:** ![Wei\_Guo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ec9cab/32.png) [@Wei\_Guo1](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/Wei_Guo1)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2017, 4:50pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/waiting-room-check-interval/251/4 "2017-06-01T16:50:17Z")
Hi Meir, the host need to let attendee enter the meeting. Host should get a notification in the meeting UI. Best   ---
**Author:** ![Meir\_Schreiber](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/meir_schreiber/32/9638_2.png) [@Meir\_Schreiber](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/Meir_Schreiber)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2017, 12:17pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/waiting-room-check-interval/251/5 "2017-06-04T12:17:03Z")
@Wei Guo That’s wasn’t what I was asking My situation is that the user is in the waiting room, the meeting room has been opened by the host but the user will only join after about 30 seconds. Is there a way to influence this forced wait?   ---
**Author:** ![Wei\_Guo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ec9cab/32.png) [@Wei\_Guo1](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/Wei_Guo1)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2017, 1:28am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/waiting-room-check-interval/251/6 "2017-06-06T01:28:01Z")
Hi Meir, I totally understand your request. Currently there is no such API to let you shorten the 30s checking frequency. This is not only on Android SDK, but Zoom standard client also use the same mechanism for join before host. Thanks for your request, we will consider to add this into our roadmap based on amount of requests. We will keep you posted! Best ---
**Author:** ![DeveloperBot](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/developerbot/32/12632_2.png) [@DeveloperBot](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/DeveloperBot)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 5:12pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/waiting-room-check-interval/251/7 "2020-08-21T17:12:07Z")
Closed on August 21, 2020, 5:12pm UTC