GCDTimer - Well tested Grand Central Dispatch (GCD) Timer in Swift

GCDTimer

Well tested Grand Central Dispatch (GCD) Timer in Swift. Checkout the test file.

Usage

Long running timer

import GCDTimer

class Demo {

  init() {
    let timer = GCDTimer(intervalInSecs: 20)
    
    timer.Event = {
      println("Hello World")
      
      // Send some data to the server
    }
    
    timer.start()
    
    //Don't forget to pause the timer in the AppDelegate:applicationWillResignActive(application: UIApplication) method.
  }

}

Autofinishing timer

import GCDTimer

class Demo {

  init() {
    let timer = GCDTimer(intervalInSecs: 2)
    
    timer.Event = {
      timer.pause()
      //Process after finishing the timer
    }
    
    timer.start()
  }
  
}

Dispatch After - Delay

var index = 0
GCDTimer.delay(2) {
    index += 1
}

Installation

• Add github "hemantasapkota/GCDTimer" to your cartfile
• Execute carthage update

Example

The example shows how to use GCDTimer to periodically poll newly submitted items from Hacker News.

Author

• Hemanta Sapkota / Blog / Linked In

License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2017 Hemanta Sapkota

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