DispatchTimer

public class DispatchTimer

DispatchTimer is a general-purpose wrapper over the DispatchSourceTimer mechanism in GCD.

  • The state of a DispatchTimer.

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    Declaration

    Swift

    public enum State
  • Timer current state.

    Declaration

    Swift

    private(set) public var state: State { get }
  • Initializes a new timer.

    Declaration

    Swift

    public init(countdown: DispatchTimeInterval, repeating repetition: DispatchTimeInterval = .never, accuracy: DispatchTimeInterval = defaultAccuracy, executingOn executionQueue: DispatchQueue = .main, payload: @escaping Payload)

    Parameters

    countdown

    The initial time interval for the timer to wait before firing off the payload for the first time.

    repeating

    The subsequent time interval for the timer to wait before firing off the payload an additional time. Repeats until manually stopped.

    accuracy

    The amount of leeway, expressed as a time interval, that the timer has in it’s timing of the payload execution. Default is 500 milliseconds.

    executingOn

    the queue on which the timer executes. Default is main queue.

    payload

    The payload that executes when the timer expires.

  • Arm the timer. Countdown will begin after this function returns.

    Declaration

    Swift

    public func arm()
  • Re-arm the timer. Countdown will restart after this function returns.

    Declaration

    Swift

    public func reset()
  • Disarm the timer. Countdown will stop after this function returns.

    Declaration

    Swift

    public func disarm()