iOS - How to implement a performSelector with multiple arguments and with afterDelay?

Question

I am an iOS newbie. I have a selector method as follows -

- (void) fooFirstInput:(NSString*) first secondInput:(NSString*) second
{

}

I am trying to implement something like this -

[self performSelector:@selector(fooFirstInput:secondInput:) withObject:@"first" withObject:@"second" afterDelay:15.0];

But that gives me an error saying -

Instance method -performSelector:withObject:withObject:afterDelay: not found

Any ideas as to what I am missing?

Answer 1

Personally, I think that a closer solution to your needs is the use of NSInvocation.

Something like the following will do the work:

indexPath and dataSource are two instance variables defined in the same method.

SEL aSelector = NSSelectorFromString(@"dropDownSelectedRow:withDataSource:");

if([dropDownDelegate respondsToSelector:aSelector]) {
    NSInvocation *inv = [NSInvocation invocationWithMethodSignature:[dropDownDelegate methodSignatureForSelector:aSelector]];
    [inv setSelector:aSelector];
    [inv setTarget:dropDownDelegate];

    [inv setArgument:&(indexPath) atIndex:2]; //arguments 0 and 1 are self and _cmd respectively, automatically set by NSInvocation
    [inv setArgument:&(dataSource) atIndex:3]; //arguments 0 and 1 are self and _cmd respectively, automatically set by NSInvocation

    [inv invoke];
}