How can I programmatically pause an NSTimer?

Question

I\'m using an NSTimer to do some rendering in an OpenGL based iPhone app. I have a modal dialog box that pops up and requests user input. While the user is providing input

Answer 1

You cant pause NSTimer as mentioned above. So the time to be captured should not be dependent on Timer firedate ,i suggest. Here is my simplest solution :

When creating the timer initialize the starting unit time like:

self.startDate=[NSDate date];
self.timeElapsedInterval=[[NSDate date] timeIntervalSinceDate:self.startDate];//This ``will be 0 //second at the start of the timer.``     

myTimer= [NSTimer scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval:1.0 target:self `selector:@selector(updateTimer) userInfo:nil repeats:YES];

` Now in the update timer method:

  NSTimeInterval unitTime=1;
-(void) updateTimer
 {
 if(self.timerPaused)
       {
           //Do nothing as timer is paused
       }
 else{
     self.timerElapsedInterval=timerElapsedInterval+unitInterval;
    //Then do your thing update the visual timer texfield or something.
    }

 }