Delaying function in swift

CoolMAn picture CoolMAn · Mar 3, 2015 · Viewed 132.1k times · Source

I don't have a code to sample or anything, because I have no idea how to do it, but can someone please tell me how to delay a function with swift for a set amount of time?

Answer

Farlei Heinen picture Farlei Heinen · Mar 3, 2015

You can use GCD (in the example with a 10 second delay):

Swift 2

let triggerTime = (Int64(NSEC_PER_SEC) * 10)
dispatch_after(dispatch_time(DISPATCH_TIME_NOW, triggerTime), dispatch_get_main_queue(), { () -> Void in
    self.functionToCall()
})

Swift 3 and Swift 4

DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + 10.0, execute: {
    self.functionToCall()
})