How can I debounce a method call?

Question

I\'m trying to use a UISearchView to query google places. In doing so, on text change calls for my UISearchBar, I\'m making a request to google pla

Answer 1

If you like to keep things clean, here's a GCD based solution that can do what you need using familiar GCD based syntax: https://gist.github.com/staminajim/b5e89c6611eef81910502db2a01f1a83

DispatchQueue.main.asyncDeduped(target: self, after: 0.25) { [weak self] in
     self?.findPlaces()
}

findPlaces() will only get called one time, 0.25 seconds after the last call to asyncDuped.