On Jul 16, 2010, at 3:46 PM, Rafael Cerioli <rafael.ceri...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi everybody,
> 
> What would be the most efficient way to download data without blocking the UI 
> (I'm targeting old iPhone/iPod devices) ?
> 
> - using a NSURLConnection seams nice, but as it calls its delegate 
> (-connection:didReceiveData:) on the main thread, it has to take a lock on 
> the main thread some times, hasn't it?

No. Read up on NSRunLoop.

> 
> - then how about using NSURLConnection in background threads, like with 
> +[NSThread detachNewThreadSelector:toTarget:withObject:] ?

Don't do this. NSURLConnection's synchronous API is buggy, as a web search will 
tell you.

--Kyle Sluder
> 
_______________________________________________

Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com)

Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list.
Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com

Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription:
http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com

This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com

Reply via email to