performSelector NSThread issue

Question

Is it possible to cancel a thread while performSelector waitsUntilDone?

See below:

I have a while loop with following line:

[self performSelector:@selector(getMyRecords:) onThread:myThread withObject:i waitUntilDone:YES]

Sometimes, I need to cancel my thread myThread while my loop executes. I get following crash issue:

Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSDestinationInvalidException', reason: '*** -[MyController performSelector:onThread:withObject:waitUntilDone:modes:]: target thread exited while waiting for the perform'

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 16 '11 at 11:27

if you have a long running operation inside a thread, you can declare a condition variable (atomic) like 'canceled' and check it. something like:

- (void) threadFunc {
 while (!canceled){
   // do stuff
 }
}


- (void) cancelThread {
 canceled = true;
}

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 16 '11 at 11:33

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I think the easiest way is to use NSThread's -(void)cancel method.

answered Mar 16 '11 at 11:33

visakh7

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score -1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 16 '11 at 11:36

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Check out the documentation of NSObject:

This method queues the message on the run loop of the target thread using the default run loop modes—that is, the modes associated with the NSRunLoopCommonModes constant. As part of its normal run loop processing, the target thread dequeues the message (assuming it is running in one of the default run loop modes) and invokes the desired method.

You cannot cancel messages queued using this method. If you want the option of canceling a message on the current thread, you must use either the performSelector:withObject:afterDelay: or performSelector:withObject:afterDelay:inModes: method.

This method retains the receiver and the arg parameter until after the selector is performed.

answered Mar 16 '11 at 11:36

Rafał Sroka

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This answer is in no way related to the question – Leonid Usov Feb 23 '18 at 18:22
It answers the question. Says you can’t cancel – Rafał Sroka Feb 23 '18 at 18:52
The question was about cancelling a *thread*, not the message being posted. You suggest using another method of queuing messages so that it fixed the crash of stopping a thread. This is a very misleading answer. – Leonid Usov Feb 25 '18 at 21:03

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