Modifying NSTimer after added to NSRunloop

[mediatagging]

Hey Guys,

I have a thread running outside of the main thread. I have a timer that executes on a specific interval [currentSpeed]. Problem is I would like to change the value of currentSpeed.

What are my options for modifying this after its been added to the runLoop.

Hope that makes sense.

Thanks

- (void)setupTimerThread{
    NSAutoreleasePool *pool = [[NSAutoreleasePool alloc] init];
    timer = [NSTimer timerWithTimeInterval:1 * currentSpeed target:self selector:@selector(triggerTimer:) userInfo:nil repeats:YES];
    
    NSRunLoop *runLoop = [NSRunLoop currentRunLoop];
    [runLoop addTimer:timer forMode:NSRunLoopCommonModes];
    [runLoop run];
    [pool release];
}

[Duncan C]

Originally Posted by mediatagging

Hey Guys,

I have a thread running outside of the main thread. I have a timer that executes on a specific interval [currentSpeed]. Problem is I would like to change the value of currentSpeed.

What are my options for modifying this after its been added to the runLoop.

Hope that makes sense.

Thanks

- (void)setupTimerThread{
    NSAutoreleasePool *pool = [[NSAutoreleasePool alloc] init];
    timer = [NSTimer timerWithTimeInterval:1 * currentSpeed target:self selector:@selector(triggerTimer:) userInfo:nil repeats:YES];
    
    NSRunLoop *runLoop = [NSRunLoop currentRunLoop];
    [runLoop addTimer:timer forMode:NSRunLoopCommonModes];
    [runLoop run];
    [pool release];
}

I don't think you can. You have to invalidate the current timer and add a new one at the new interval. You could do that in the timer method (triggerTimer) so the interval changes between one trigger of the timer and the next