I got an issue. The scenario is like this: I got an NSOperationQueue that contain various NSOperationQueue that need to waitUntilDone:YES. And I need to update the UI too as the queue or the operation is running. What is the best way to handle this situation?
I have tried performSelectorOnMainThread, but is it necessary to use this method every time I need to update the UI. It is seems not a good solution.
- (void)loadPreviewPageWithMagazineID:(NSString *)magazineID userID:(NSString *)userID {
NSMutableArray *operationArray = [NSMutableArray array];
for (NSInteger i = 1; i <= _numTotalPages; ++i) {
//NSLog(@"currenpage = %d, index = %d",_selectedPage,pageIndex);
NSDictionary *arguments = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:magazineID,
@"itemID", userID, @"userID", [NSNumber numberWithInt:i],
@"pageNumber", nil];
AFOperation *imageOperation =
[[AFOperation alloc] initWithTarget:self
selector:@selector(savePageToDisk:)
object:arguments];
[imageOperation addObserver:self forKeyPath:@"isFinished" options:0 context:nil];
[imageOperation setUserInfo:arguments];
[operationArray addObject:imageOperation];
[imageOperation release];
}
[_imageQueue addOperations:operationArray waitUntilFinished:YES];
}
- (void)processingMagazine:(NSDictionary *)arguments {
// load pdf document from decrypted data
NSString *userID = [arguments objectForKey:@"userID"];
NSString *magazineID = [arguments objectForKey:@"itemID"];
[self loadPreviewPageWithMagazineID:magazineID userID:userID];
}
So each time to update UI I need to call
[_collectionCoverView performSelectorOnMainThread:@selector(setDownloadProgress:)
withObject:[NSNumber numberWithFloat:progress]
waitUntilDone:YES];
Is there any appropriate way to handle the UI?