Create singleton using GCD's dispatch_once in Objective-C

Question

If you can target iOS 4.0 or above

Using GCD, is it the best way to create singleton in Objective-C (thread safe)?

+ (instancetype)sharedInstance
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Answer 1

You can avoid that the class be allocated with overwriting the alloc method.

@implementation MyClass

static BOOL useinside = NO;
static id _sharedObject = nil;


+(id) alloc {
    if (!useinside) {
        @throw [NSException exceptionWithName:@"Singleton Vialotaion" reason:@"You are violating the singleton class usage. Please call +sharedInstance method" userInfo:nil];
    }
    else {
        return [super alloc];
    }
}

+(id)sharedInstance
{
    static dispatch_once_t p = 0;
    dispatch_once(&p, ^{
        useinside = YES;
        _sharedObject = [[MyClass alloc] init];
        useinside = NO;
    });   
    // returns the same object each time
    return _sharedObject;
}