STWeakTimer
An alternative to NSTimer.
STWeakTimer is an alternative to NSTimer, it does not cause the retain cycle, it is thread-safe.
Requirements
- iOS 8.0 or later (For iOS 8.0 before, maybe it can work, but I have not tested.)
- ARC
Installation
STWeakTimer is available through CocoaPods. To install it, simply add the following line to your Podfile:
pod 'STWeakTimer'Usage
Import headers in your source files
In the source files where you need to use the library, import the header file:
#import <STWeakTimer/STWeakTimer.h>Initialize STWeakTimer
Initialize a STWeakTimer, you can use a selector or block as the callback. You can also set the thread to execute the callback:
STWeakTimer *timer = [STWeakTimer scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval:1 userInfo:nil repeats:YES dispatchQueue:dispatch_get_main_queue() handler:^(STWeakTimer * _Nullable timer) {
NSLog(@"Timer triggered");
}];Control STWeakTimer
STWeakTimer supports pause and resume:
[timer pause];[timer resume];Author
Suta, [email protected]