Re: NSTimer question...

FROM : Joshua Orr
DATE : Mon Apr 25 23:25:10 2005

Yes, the main thread always works (because it should always have a NSRunLoop
running), but you can make it work on other threads as long as you have a
NSRunLoop running on the thread you want to make the timer on.

> Assuming that your called went through the
> scheduleTimerWithTimeInterval call, you might be having problems with
> being on a separate thread?  The timer should wants to run on the main
> thread.
>
> hope that helps,
> Mirna
>
> On Apr 12, 2005, at 7:57 PM, John Draper wrote:
>

>> I have a method like this...  in my main Controller...
>>
>> - (void)noAnswerIn:(NSTimeInterval)seconds
>> {
>>    // Create a new timer with the new refreshtime.
>>    if (noAnswerTimeout == nil) {
>>        NSLog(@"Starting no-answer timer");
>>        noAnswerTimeout = [NSTimer
>> scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval:seconds
>>                                            target:self
>>               
>> selector:@selector(noAnswer:)
>>                                            userInfo: nil
>>                                            repeats:NO];
>>    }
>> }
>> - (void)noAnswer:(id)sender
>> {
>>    NSLog(@"I never get here");
>>      // I do my stuff here if after a period of "seconds" above
>> expires.
>>
>>    // of course we have to do this to ditch our timer when done.
>>    [noAnswerTimeout invalidate];    // Ditch the timer - no longer
>> needed.
>>    noAnswerTimeout = nil;            // Loose reference to it.
>>
>> }
>>
>> I never get to the noAnswer callback.  What am I missing?
>> What things can I do to check into why this isn't working?
>>
>> John
>>
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