Question

Say I have a low priority job. Like checking queues whether there are URL to grab, or stuff.

How can I do that?

I can use timer to check every seconds but I am sure there are better ways.

Answer 1

You can use GCD to schedule a task with low priority in the main queue.

dispatch_async(dispatch_get_global_queue(DISPATCH_QUEUE_PRIORITY_LOW, 0), ^{
      //Your code here
});

You can put this code within a loop, timer or whatever you want.