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Ali
Ali

Reputation: 1961

How to set NSTimer time interval in nano seconds in iphone app

I am making an app calling methods after one second.

[NSTimer scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval:1.0 
                                 target:self 
                               selector:@selector(loadNews) 
                               userInfo:nil 
                                repeats:NO];

how to call thi

Upvotes: 1

Views: 5872

Answers (3)

iandotkelly
iandotkelly

Reputation: 9124

Your question is incomplete. However using the title, I can say that you cannot set the NSTimer to anything like nano-seconds and expect the request be honored in the way you hope.

The smallest interval that it appears it can be set to is 0.1 milliseconds (or 0.0001 seconds). The the api documentation states:

The number of seconds between firings of the timer. If interval is less than or equal to 0.0, this method chooses the nonnegative value of 0.1 milliseconds instead.

Which implies but does not definitely define the smallest value to be 0.1ms.

You should note that like with many computer operating system timers - this is a minimum time not a maximum - there is no guarantee that it will not go for longer if the system is busy doing something else. iOS like Windows or MacOS or Linux is not a 'real time operating system' designed where timelines of events is paramount to the success of the application.

Trying to set a timer to 1 nano second level, or 0.000000001 seconds is just not going to work.

Upvotes: 19

Данил Блинов
Данил Блинов

Reputation: 25

U cant do it, but the smallest interval is 0.035

timer = [NSTimer scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval:0.035f target:self selector:@selector(loadNews) userInfo:nil repeats:NO];;

Upvotes: 0

PeyloW
PeyloW

Reputation: 36752

NSTimeInterval is measured in seconds. So one nanosecond would be:

NSTimeInterval ti = 0.000000001;

But NSTimer is not even close to that precision.

Upvotes: 2

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