problems with new thread - ios

Question

After trying many ways to call a function in new thread only the below code worked for me
[NSThread detacNewThreadSelector:#selector(temp:) toTarget:self withObject:self];
The below didn't work:
NSThread *updateThread1 = [[NSThread alloc] initWithTarget:self selector:#selector(temp:) object:self];
NSThread *updateThread1 = [[NSThread alloc] init];
[self performSelector:#selector(temp:) onThread:updateThread1 withObject:self waitUntilDone:YES];
Now when i try to call NSTimer or perform selector in timer: function it does not works Find below the code
int timeOutflag1 = 0;
-(void)connectCheckTimeOut
{
NSLog(#"timeout");
timeOutflag1 = 1;
}
-(void)temp:(id)selfptr
{
//[selfptr connectCheckTimeOut];
NSLog(#"temp");
//[NSTimer scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval:5 target:selfptr selector:#selector(connectCheckTimeOut) userInfo:nil repeats:NO];
[selfptr performSelector:#selector(connectCheckTimeOut) withObject:nil afterDelay:5];
}
- (IBAction)onUart:(id)sender {
protocolDemo1 *prtDemo = [[protocolDemo1 alloc] init];
//NSThread *updateThread1 = [[NSThread alloc] initWithTarget:self selector:#selector(temp:) object:self];
//[self performSelector:#selector(temp:) onThread:updateThread1 withObject:self waitUntilDone:YES];
// [updateThread1 start];
[self performSelector:#selector(temp:) withObject:self afterDelay:0];
while(1)
{
NSLog(#"Whieloop");
if(timeOutflag1)
{
timeOutflag1 = 0;
break;
}
if([prtDemo isConnected])
break;
}
}
If i use [self performSelector:#selector(connectCheckTimeOut) withObject:nil afterDelay:5];
in onUart function then it works properly i can see Timeout printf but inside temp it does not work.

Answer 1

NSTimer is run-loop based, so if you want to use one on a background thread that you're spawning and managing yourself, you will need to start a runloop on that thread. Read up on NSRunLoop. The short version might look something like:
- (void)timedMethod
{
NSLog(#"Timer fired!");
}
- (void)threadMain
{
NSRunLoop* rl = [NSRunLoop currentRunLoop];
NSTimer* t = [NSTimer scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval: 1.0 target: self selector: #selector(timedMethod) userInfo:nil repeats:YES];
[rl run];
}
- (void)spawnThread
{
[NSThread detachNewThreadSelector: #selector(threadMain) toTarget:self withObject:nil];
}