How do I create a NSTimer on a background thread?

Question

I have a task that needs to be performed every 1 second. Currently I have an NSTimer firing repeatedly every 1 sec. How do I have the timer fire in a background thread (no

Answer 1

If you want your NSTimer to run in even background, do the following-

1. call [self beginBackgroundTask] method in applicationWillResignActive methods
2. call [self endBackgroundTask] method in applicationWillEnterForeground

That's it

-(void)beginBackgroundTask
{
    bgTask = [[UIApplication sharedApplication] beginBackgroundTaskWithExpirationHandler:^{
        [self endBackgroundTask];
    }];
}

-(void)endBackgroundTask
{
    [[UIApplication sharedApplication] endBackgroundTask:bgTask];
    bgTask = UIBackgroundTaskInvalid;
}