Question

When i

    Logger *logger = [Logger new];

    NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:@"http://www.google.com"];
    NSURLRequest *request = [NSURLRequest requestWithURL:url];

    __unused NSURLConnection *conn = [[NSURLConnection alloc] 
            initWithRequest:request delegate:logger startImmediately:YES];

… nothing happens. Delegate methods are not called until i

[[NSRunLoop currentRunLoop]run];

I would have thought that startImmediately:YES would do exactly that.

Answer 1

async callbacks require an NSRunLoop. See:

Cocoa: NSURLConnection not attempting an HTTP Request

command line apps don’t have an NSRunLoop by default – gui apps do.

From the docs: http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Cocoa/Reference/Foundation/Classes/NSURLConnection_Class/Reference/Reference.html

initWithRequest:delegate:
Returns an initialized URL connection and begins to load the data for the URL request.

- (id)initWithRequest:(NSURLRequest *)request delegate:(id < NSURLConnectionDelegate >)delegate

… for the connection to work correctly, the calling thread’s run
loop must be operating in the default run loop mode. See
scheduleInRunLoop:forMode: to change the run loop and mode.