Waiting for multiple blocks to finish

Question

I have those methods to retrieve some object information from the internet:

- (void)downloadAppInfo:(void(^)())success
                failure:(void(^)(NSErr         


        

Answer 1

You were almost there, the problem is most likely to be that those methods are asynchronous, so you need an extra synchronization step. Just try with the following fix:

for(Appliance *appliance in _mutAppliances) {
  dispatch_group_async(
     group,
     dispatch_get_global_queue(DISPATCH_QUEUE_PRIORITY_DEFAULT, 0), ^{
       dispatch_semaphore_t sem = dispatch_semaphore_create( 0 );

       NSLog(@"Block START");

       [appliance downloadAppInfo:^{
          NSLog(@"Block SUCCESS");
            dispatch_semaphore_signal(sem);
       }
       failure:^(NSError *error){
         NSLog(@"Block FAILURE");
         dispatch_semaphore_signal(sem);
       }];

       dispatch_semaphore_wait(sem, DISPATCH_TIME_FOREVER);

       NSLog(@"Block END");
 });

 dispatch_group_notify(
   group,
   dispatch_get_global_queue(DISPATCH_QUEUE_PRIORITY_DEFAULT, 0),^{
     NSLog(@"FINAL block");
     success();
 });
}