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Is there a way to cancel dispatch_after() scheduled for some time in future, and haven't fired so far? I'm trying to make something like a scheduler for updates from server, and this method is just like I want, but, I'd love to cancel and re-schedule it at some point. Is it possible at all or I have to fallback and use NSTimer?
There is NO way to prevent a dispatch_block from executing once it has been dispatch to it's queue, meaning that your dispatch_after cannot be canceled. Only option is to add in your block a condition to be checked at runtime to prevent execution. ie.
dispatch_after(dispatch_time(DISPATCH_TIME_NOW, 10 * NSEC_PER_SEC), dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^ {
if(self.shouldExecuteDispatchBlock)
{ // do your stuff } });
OK, so, with all answers collected, and possible solutions, seems like the best one for this case (preserving simplicity) is calling performSelector:withObject:afterDelay: and cancelling it with cancelPreviousPerformRequestsWithTarget: call when desired. In my case - just before scheduling next delayed call:
[NSObject cancelPreviousPerformRequestsWithTarget: self selector:@selector(myDelayedMethod) object: self];
[self performSelector:@selector(myDelayedMethod) withObject: self afterDelay: desiredDelay];
For this purpose i used this class:
https://github.com/SebastienThiebaud/dispatch_cancelable_block
you can call a cancel() function to revoke the execution of what's in the block.
Use a dispatch timer source (that is what dispatch_after uses internally anyway).
A dispatch timer source can be canceled or its timer parameters changed after creation.
来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/28088014/cancel-dispatch-after-method