Question

I’m trying to run a timer while running an NSWindow as modal, but unfortunately it doesn’t work at all. The log is called, the window appears and turns modal, but the timer is never called – why? Am I missing something?

    NSLog(@"Checking...");

    [[NSApplication sharedApplication] runModalForWindow:_Window];

    _checkTimer = [NSTimer timerWithTimeInterval:1 target:self selector:@selector(check:) userInfo:nil repeats:YES];

    [[NSRunLoop currentRunLoop] addTimer:_checkTimer
                                 forMode:NSDefaultRunLoopMode];
    [[NSRunLoop currentRunLoop] addTimer: _checkTimer
                                 forMode:NSModalPanelRunLoopMode];

Answer 1

Try doing your timer/runloop stuff before starting the modal session.