In Swift how to call method with parameters on GCD main thread?

Question

In my app I have a function that makes an NSRURLSession and sends out an NSURLRequest using

sesh.dataTaskWithRequest(req, completionHandler: {(data, response, error)

In the completion block for this task, I need to do some computation that adds a UIImage to the calling viewcontroller. I have a func called

func displayQRCode(receiveAddr, withAmountInBTC:amountBTC)

that does the UIImage-adding computation. If I try to run the view-adding code inside of the completion block, Xcode throws an error saying that I can't use the layout engine while in a background process. So I found some code on SO that tries to queue a method on the main thread:

let time = dispatch_time(DISPATCH_TIME_NOW, Int64(0.0 * Double(NSEC_PER_MSEC)))
                    dispatch_after(time, dispatch_get_main_queue(), {
                        let returned = UIApplication.sharedApplication().sendAction("displayQRCode:", to: self.delegate, from: self, forEvent: nil)
                        })

However, I don't know how to add the parameters "receiveAddr" and "amountBTC" to this function call. How would I do this, or can someone suggest an optimal way for adding a method call to the application's main queue?

Answer 1

Just write this in completion handler.No need to use dispatch_after

dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), {
  let delegateObj = UIApplication.sharedApplication().delegate as YourAppDelegateClass
  delegateObj.addUIImage("yourstring")
})

Swift 3/4:

DispatchQueue.main.async { 
  let delegateObj = UIApplication.sharedApplication().delegate as YourAppDelegateClass
  delegateObj.addUIImage("yourstring")
}

Also for dispatch after on main queue

DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + 0.1) {
  // your code here
}

Replace YourAppDelegateClass with you delegate class

Answer 2

Swift 3 & Swift 4 version:

DispatchQueue.main.async {
    print("Hello")
}

Swift3 and XCode 9.2:

dispatch_async_on_main_queue {
     //Your code
     print("Hello")
 }

Answer 3

Swift 2

Using Trailing Closures this becomes:

dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue()) {
    self.tableView.reloadData()
}

Trailing Closures is Swift syntactic sugar that enables defining the closure outside of the function parameter scope. For more information see Trailing Closures in Swift 2.2 Programming Language Guide.

In dispatch_async case the API is func dispatch_async(queue: dispatch_queue_t, _ block: dispatch_block_t) since dispatch_block_t is type alias for () -> Void - A closure that receives 0 parameters and does not have a return value, and block being the last parameter of the function we can define the closure in the outer scope of dispatch_async.

Answer 4

Here's the nicer (IMO) Swifty/Cocoa style syntax to achieve the same result as the other answers:

NSOperationQueue.mainQueue().addOperationWithBlock({
    // Your code here
})

Or you could grab the popular Async Swift library for even less code and more functionality:

Async.main {
    // Your code here
}

Answer 5

Reload collectionView on Main Thread

 DispatchQueue.main.async {
      self.collectionView.reloadData()
 }

Answer 6

The proper way to do this is to use dispatch_async in the main_queue, as I did in the following code

dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), {
                        (self.delegate as TBGQRCodeViewController).displayQRCode(receiveAddr, withAmountInBTC:amountBTC)
                        })

Answer 7

Here's a nice little global function you can add for a nicer syntax:

func dispatch_on_main(block: dispatch_block_t) {
    dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), block)
}

And usage

dispatch_on_main {
    // Do some UI stuff
}

Answer 8

Don't forget to weakify self if you are using self inside of the closure.

dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(),{ [weak self] () -> () in
            if let strongSelf = self {
                self?.doSomething()
            }
        })

Answer 9

//Perform some task and update UI immediately.
DispatchQueue.global(qos: .userInitiated).async {  
    // Call your function here
    DispatchQueue.main.async {  
        // Update UI
        self.tableView.reloadData()  
    }
}

//To call or execute function after some time
DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + 5.0) {
    //Here call your function
}

//If you want to do changes in UI use this
DispatchQueue.main.async(execute: {
    //Update UI
    self.tableView.reloadData()
})