Question

I am using Background Thread to update one of my label

I am using the following code. But in iOS 4.0 i have learn that application saves its states and goes to background. and my application also did that work but the thread i am using stops working when i hide the application and again resumes from where i left when i reopen it. Can anybody please tell me what do I need to change in code in order to make the thread keep on running in background and change my GUI while my application is hidden. I am using this code..

-(void)startThread
{


NSThread *thread = [[NSThread alloc] initWithTarget:self selector:@selector(setUpTimerThread) object:nil];


[thread start];

 }

-(void)setUpTimerThread
{

NSAutoreleasePool *pool = [[NSAutoreleasePool alloc] init];

NSTimer *timer = [NSTimer timerWithTimeInterval:3 target:self selector:@selector(triggerTimer) userInfo:nil repeats:YES];

NSRunLoop *runLoop = [NSRunLoop currentRunLoop];
[runLoop addTimer:timer forMode:NSRunLoopCommonModes];
[runLoop run];
[pool release];

}

-(void)triggerTimer
{

NSLog(@"***Timer Called after 3 seconds*** %d",count);
self.label.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"count value = %d",count];
//self.titleLabel.text= [NSString stringWithFormat:@"count value = %d",count];
count = count +1;
}

Thanks

Answer 1

Timers won’t work on relaunch of the application. What you need to do is reinitialize the timer from your appDelegate’s applicationDidBecomeActive: method and make sure you shut down the timer from applicationWillEnterBackground: method