I would like to add a dispatch_async sequentially but I would like them not to be launched randomly. I would like for example :
dispatch_async 1 begins...
dispatch_async 1 ends.
dispatch_async 2 begins...
dispatch_async 2 ends.
dispatch_async 3 begins...
dispatch_async 3 ends.
I need to update a sqlite, and the informations in the first dispatch are necessary for the second dispatch...
-(void)connectionDidFinishLoading:(NSURLConnection *)connection
{
NSLog(@"%@",[connection currentRequest]);
NSLog(@"connectionDidFinishLoading");
NSError* error;
NSString *responseKey = [self getResponseKey:connection];
NSDictionary* response = [NSJSONSerialization JSONObjectWithData:[receivedData objectForKey:responseKey] options:kNilOptions error:&error];
//NSLog(@"%@", response);
if (error)
{
NSLog(@"Error: %@", error);
NSLog(@"Error: Response strange format, not an NSArray and not a NSString!\n%@", [[NSString alloc] initWithData:[receivedData objectForKey:responseKey] encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]);
}
NSLog(@"connection url : %@", connection.currentRequest.URL);
if ([[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@", [connection currentRequest]] rangeOfString:@"getSynchroGuest?"].location != NSNotFound)
{
NSLog(@"response success");
if ([[response valueForKey:@"lignes"] isKindOfClass:[NSArray class]])
{
if ([[response valueForKey:@"lignes"] count] > 0)
{
dispatch_async(dispatch_get_global_queue( DISPATCH_QUEUE_PRIORITY_DEFAULT, 0), ^(void){
//Background Thread
[self fillDataBaseWithDict:response];
nbTotal = nbTotal + PACKET_FOR_SYNC;
[self WebServiceSynchroGuest:self.activityIndicator withSynchroBtn:synchroBtn withNbTotal:nbTotal];
});
}
}
...
Thanks in advance.
SOLUTION:
dispatch_async(serialDispatchQueue, ^{
[self fillDataBaseWithDict:response];
nbTotal = nbTotal + PACKET_FOR_SYNC;
dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^(void){
[self WebServiceSynchroGuest:self.activityIndicator withSynchroBtn:synchroBtn withNbTotal:nbTotal];
});
});
define your own serial queue
and add code like this
dispatch_queue_t yourSerialQueue = dispatch_queue_create("com.testcompany.testproduct.testserialqueue", DISPATCH_QUEUE_SERIAL);
dispatch_async(yourSerialQueue, ^{ /* first task */ });
dispatch_async(yourSerialQueue, ^{ /* second task to be executed after first task */ });
serial queue guarantees that the tasks will be exevuted in the order they are submitted and in a serial manner(one at a time)