Timers will cause a runloop to fire (depending on run mode of course) without any other source having to fire.
#import <Foundation/Foundation.h> @interface TimerTest : NSObject @end @implementation TimerTest - (void)runTest { NSLog(@"Test Thread Running"); NSAutoreleasePool* pool = [[NSAutoreleasePool alloc] init]; [NSTimer scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval:5.0 target:self selector:@selector(timerFired:) userInfo:nil repeats:YES]; [[NSRunLoop currentRunLoop] run]; // will sit here until app termination [pool release]; } - (void) timerFired:(NSTimer*)timer { NSLog(@"Timer Fired - %@", timer); } @end int main (int argc, const char * argv[]) { NSAutoreleasePool* pool = [[NSAutoreleasePool alloc] init]; NSLog(@"Test Starting"); TimerTest* tt = [[TimerTest alloc] init]; [NSThread detachNewThreadSelector:@selector(runTest) toTarget:tt withObject:nil]; sleep(60); NSLog(@"Test Completed"); [pool release]; } ---- run [Switching to process 61896] 2010-11-17 13:59:19.329 TimerTest[61896:a0f] Test Starting 2010-11-17 13:59:19.332 TimerTest[61896:1503] Test Thread Running Running… 2010-11-17 13:59:24.333 TimerTest[61896:1503] Timer Fired - <NSCFTimer: 0x100300780> 2010-11-17 13:59:29.333 TimerTest[61896:1503] Timer Fired - <NSCFTimer: 0x100300780> 2010-11-17 13:59:34.333 TimerTest[61896:1503] Timer Fired - <NSCFTimer: 0x100300780> 2010-11-17 13:59:39.333 TimerTest[61896:1503] Timer Fired - <NSCFTimer: 0x100300780> 2010-11-17 13:59:44.334 TimerTest[61896:1503] Timer Fired - <NSCFTimer: 0x100300780> 2010-11-17 13:59:49.334 TimerTest[61896:1503] Timer Fired - <NSCFTimer: 0x100300780> 2010-11-17 13:59:54.334 TimerTest[61896:1503] Timer Fired - <NSCFTimer: 0x100300780> 2010-11-17 13:59:59.334 TimerTest[61896:1503] Timer Fired - <NSCFTimer: 0x100300780> 2010-11-17 14:00:04.334 TimerTest[61896:1503] Timer Fired - <NSCFTimer: 0x100300780> 2010-11-17 14:00:09.334 TimerTest[61896:1503] Timer Fired - <NSCFTimer: 0x100300780> 2010-11-17 14:00:14.335 TimerTest[61896:1503] Timer Fired - <NSCFTimer: 0x100300780> 2010-11-17 14:00:19.334 TimerTest[61896:a0f] Test Completed _______________________________________________ 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