Dispatch

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Installation

CocoaPods

pod'Dispatch'

Carthage

$ brew update$ brew install carthage

github "Swiftification/Dispatch"

import DispatchFramework

Manually

Usage

Basic

Dispatch.async(dispatch_get_main_queue()){  //Code to be run on the main thread}

Or using the helpers provided by Dispatch.Queue enum

Dispatch.async(Queue.main){  //Code to be run on the main thread}

Or using the overloaded method to run on the main thread

Dispatch.async{  //Code to be run on the main thread}

Types of Dispatch

Async

Dispatch.async(Queue.main){  //Code to be run on the main thread}

Sync

letsomeCustomQueue=dispatch_queue_create("custom.queue.dispatch", DISPATCH_QUEUE_CONCURRENT)Dispatch.sync(someCustomQueue){  //Code to be synchronously on someCustomQueue}

After

Dispatch.after(1.0, queue:Queue.main){  //Code to be run on the main thread after 1 second}

Or using the overloaded method to run on the main thread

Dispatch.after(1.0){  //Code to be run on the main thread after 1 second}

Once

lettoken:dispatch_once_tDispatch.once(&token){  //Code to be run only once in App lifetime}

Queue Helpers

Main queue

letmainQueue=Queue.main

Custom queue

letcustomConcurrentQueue=Queue.custom("custom.concurrent.queue.dispatch",Queue.Atribute.concurrent)letcustomSerialQueue=Queue.custom("custom.serial.queue.dispatch",Queue.Atribute.serial)

Global queues

letpriority=0 // or you use one of the Global priorities (ex: Queue.Priority.UserInteractive)letglobalQueue=Queue.global(priority)// For comodity there are helpers for getting the Global queuesletglobalUserInteractiveQueue=Queue.globalUserInteractiveletglobalUserInitiatedQueue=Queue.globalUserInitiatedletglobalUtilityQueue=Queue.globalUtilityletglobalBackgroundQueue=Queue.globalBackground

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