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Asked: 2026-05-19T22:30:27+00:00

In my iPhone app, I have to perform function constantly in background. For that

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In my iPhone app, I have to perform function constantly in background.

For that I think I will have to use NSThread to call the function and keep it executing in background.

I dont want to stall my app and hence I want to use NSThread to keep my Main Thread free for user interaction.

How should I implement NSThread to perform the function in background?

EDIT:

The function is for fetching the data from a web server every 20 seconds and updating the tables in my iPhone app based on the data that is fetched from the web server.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Sounds like a bad idea, but it’s very simple.

    [self performSelectorInBackground:@selector(theMethod:) withObject:nil];

    Just have a while(YES) in theMethod: and it will never stop executing.

    EDIT:

    Luckily for you it’s just as simple to do something once every 20 seconds.

    [NSTimer scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval:20 target:self selector:@selector(theMethod:) userInfo:nil repeats:YES];

    This will execute theMethod: once every 20 seconds. I might also add that this is a much better idea.

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