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iOS

Posted by tate
tate
13,435 Points

Have a var update every second? (Swift)

Ok, So I'm making a clock in an app that I am making and I am wondering if there is a way that I can update a var every second? It would be really useful if someone could explain it as well, thanks!

1 Answer

miguelcastro2
miguelcastro2
Courses Plus Student 6,573 Points

There are a few ways to implement this. You can checkout the NSTimer class which has a method scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval. You can also choose to create a background task that updates your variable every second. iOS uses a system called Grand Central Dispatch (GCD) to manage the execution of tasks by using Queues to manage these tasks. If you have taken any of the iOS courses here on Treehouse then you may already be familiar with GCD. Here is a very thorough tutorial on GCD.

Here is an implementation of a timer using GCD written in Objective-C.