GCD and async NSURLConnection

Question

I know that if I create an NSURLConnection (standard async one), it will call back on the same thread. Currently this is on my main thread. (work fine too).

But i\'m

Answer 1

Just as an answer to why your thread was disppearing (and for future reference) the NSURLConnection needs a runloop. If you had added

[[NSRunLoop currentRunLoop] runUntilDate:[NSDate distantFuture]];

You'd see that the connection runs properly and the thread doesn't disappear untill the connection was completed.