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filou
filou

Reputation: 1619

iOS: Call function after a few seconds the user did finish typing

I'd like to create an UISearchBar function, which gets called like the search in the App Store: Execute the function (NSURLConnection) after a few seconds (NSTimer) the user did finish typing and just one time for this period.

Does anyone have an idea?

EDIT

    self.currentTaskID = self.currentTaskID + 1;
    NSInteger taskID = self.currentTaskID;

    dispatch_queue_t queue = dispatch_get_global_queue(DISPATCH_QUEUE_PRIORITY_DEFAULT, 0);
    dispatch_after(dispatch_time(DISPATCH_TIME_NOW, 1 * NSEC_PER_SEC), queue, ^{
        if (taskID == self.currentTaskID)
        {
            NSMutableURLRequest *request_CH3 = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"http://website.com/search.php?term=%@", replaceWhiteSpace]]
                                                               cachePolicy:NSURLRequestReloadIgnoringLocalCacheData
                                                           timeoutInterval:30.0];

            [[UIApplication sharedApplication] setNetworkActivityIndicatorVisible:YES];

            authConnection_CH3 = [[NSURLConnection alloc] initWithRequest:request_CH3 delegate:self];
        }
    });

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2862

Answers (3)

Tomasz Zabłocki
Tomasz Zabłocki

Reputation: 1326

I recently made an answer for similar question, you can find it here

Basically you can queue your searches with delay and dismiss any previously scheduled search if new comes in within specified period.

Upvotes: 3

Maurice
Maurice

Reputation: 1464

In the function where you want to call the search function (in your case after clicking)

implement this :

[timer invalidate];
    timer = nil;
    timer = [NSTimer scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval: 3.0 target: self selector: @selector(thefunctionyouwanttocall) userInfo: nil repeats: NO];

this will call your function 3 seconds after the click event

Upvotes: 1

Omar Abdelhafith
Omar Abdelhafith

Reputation: 21221

Instead of using timers to do this, implement the delegate function of the UISearchBar, searchBarTextDidEndEditing or searchBar:textDidChange and then when you are satisfied with the number of characters that the user entered you will start your NSURLConnection request

Upvotes: 1

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