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old method
 
old method
 
Clumsy and poor. Do not use.
 
Clumsy and poor. Do not use.
====Gran Central Dispatch====
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====Grand Central Dispatch====
 
* Abstract thread pool pattern
 
* Abstract thread pool pattern
 
* Better performance
 
* Better performance
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===Do not pass objects between threads===
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Instead, use an observer. Send notification when the object is updated in the sub-thread, then in the main thread, subscribe to the notification, fetch data when got notification.

Revision as of 03:45, 17 March 2015

Multi threading pro tips

NSData(contentWithUrl: url)

Do not use this for network request. Because it is synchronized and it may block your UI a tens of seconds.

Run Loop

It's the main thread run()

  • Handle UI Input
  • View Drawing
  • Animation
  • More

You have 17ms to do stuff in the main thread.

Threading

If you want to some intensive computation. Use another thread.

NSThread

old method Clumsy and poor. Do not use.

Grand Central Dispatch

  • Abstract thread pool pattern
  • Better performance

Do not pass objects between threads

Instead, use an observer. Send notification when the object is updated in the sub-thread, then in the main thread, subscribe to the notification, fetch data when got notification.