Connectivity Internet - how can I try to connect for 5 secs and then give up?

Question

I would like to connect to the Internet. If after 5 secs I haven't connected (using Reachability) I want to abort. Is this possible ?

Answer 1

NSTimer with a callback for 1 second and a counter. If 5 attempts fail, 5 seconds has passed.

Something like:

var timerCounter = 0
var timer : NSTimer?

func shouldAttemptConnection() {
  timer = NSTimer.scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval(1.0, target: self, selector: "attemptConnection", userInfo: nil, repeats: true)
  self.attemptConnection()
}

func attemptConnection() {
  if Reachability.isReachable() {
     // Handle success code

  } else if ++timerCounter >= 5 {
     // Handle timeout code

  } else {
     // Try again
     return
  }

  self.invalidateTimer()
}

func invalidateTimer() {
  timer?.invalidate()
  timer = nil
  timerCounter = 0
}