NSTimer problem

Question

So I am trying to set up a basic timer but I am failing miserably. Basically all I want is to start a 60 second timer when the user clicks a button, and to update a label wi

Answer 1

It may be a little late to post a second answer to this question but I've been looking for a good place to post my own solution to this problem. In case it is of use to anyone here it is. It fires 8 times but of course this can be customised as you please. The timer deallocates itself when time is up.

I like this approach because it keeps the counter integrated with the timer.

To create an instance call something like:

SpecialKTimer *timer = [[SpecialKTimer alloc] initWithTimeInterval:0.1 
                                                         andTarget:myObject
                                                       andSelector:@selector(methodInMyObjectForTimer)];

Anyway, here are the header and method files.

//Header

#import 

@interface SpecialKTimer : NSObject {

    @private

    NSTimer *timer;

    id target;
    SEL selector;

    unsigned int counter;

}

- (id)initWithTimeInterval:(NSTimeInterval)seconds
                 andTarget:(id)t
               andSelector:(SEL)s;
- (void)dealloc;

@end

//Implementation

#import "SpecialKTimer.h"

@interface SpecialKTimer()

- (void)resetCounter;
- (void)incrementCounter;
- (void)targetMethod;

@end

@implementation SpecialKTimer

- (id)initWithTimeInterval:(NSTimeInterval)seconds
                 andTarget:(id)t
               andSelector:(SEL)s {

    if ( self == [super init] ) {

        [self resetCounter];

        target = t;
        selector = s;

        timer = [NSTimer scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval:seconds
                                                 target:self
                                               selector:@selector(targetMethod)
                                               userInfo:nil
                                                repeats:YES];

    }

    return self;

}

- (void)resetCounter {

    counter = 0;

}

- (void)incrementCounter {

    counter++;

}

- (void)targetMethod {

    if ( counter < 8 ) {

        IMP methodPointer = [target methodForSelector:selector];
        methodPointer(target, selector);

        [self incrementCounter];

    }

    else {

        [timer invalidate];
        [self release];

    }

}

- (void)dealloc {

    [super dealloc];

}

@end