Run a background thread on Swift 3

Question

I have a function that goes like this:

fileprivate func setupImageViewWithURL(url: URL) {
    var image: UIImage? = nil
    do {
        try image = UIImage(data: Data(contentsOf: url))!
    } catch is NSError {
        print("Failed")
    }

    image = self.imageWithImage(sourceImage: image!, scaledToWidth: UIScreen.main.bounds.size.width)
    self.imageImageView.image = image
    self.imageImageView.frame = CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: UIScreen.main.bounds.size.width, height: (image?.size.height)!)
}

I want to run it on a Background thread.

I've tried the GDC methods of Swift2, but it didn't work.

Did anything change in the thread topic in Swift3?

Thank you!

Solution 1

It's OK to load image on the background, but it's not OK to perform UI updates on background thread. That's why the function must contain two threads.

func setupImageViewWithURL(url: URL) {
    var image: UIImage? = nil

    DispatchQueue.global().async { 
        do {
            try image = UIImage(data: Data(contentsOf: url))!
        } catch {
            print("Failed")
        }
        DispatchQueue.main.async(execute: {
            if image != nil {
                image = self.imageWithImage(sourceImage: image!, scaledToWidth: UIScreen.main.bounds.size.width)
                self.imageImageView.image = image
                self.imageImageView.frame = CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: UIScreen.main.bounds.size.width, height: (image?.size.height)!)
            }
        })
    }
}

Solution 2

Swift 4.0

func setupImageViewWithURL(url: URL) {

    var image: UIImage? = nil
    DispatchQueue.global(qos: .background).async {
        do {
            try image = UIImage(data: Data(contentsOf: url))!
        } catch {
            print("Failed")
        }
        DispatchQueue.main.async {
            if image != nil {
                image = self.imageWithImage(sourceImage: image!, scaledToWidth: UIScreen.main.bounds.size.width)
                self.imageImageView.image = image
                self.imageImageView.frame = CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: UIScreen.main.bounds.size.width, height: (image?.size.height)!)
            }
        }
    }
}

Comments

[Sachin Vas]

swiftable.io/2016/06/dispatch-queues-swift-3

[FS.O6]

@New16 I've already tried it, it doesn't even complies

[Martin R]

Possible duplicate of How do I dispatch_sync, dispatch_async, dispatch_after, etc in Swift 3?.

[Sachin Vas]

@FS.O6 I am using it in my code. I don't know the way you are implementing it. Show what error you are getting.

[Max Pevsner]

You don't want to run it on background thread. UI updates should be never performed on background threads.

[FS.O6]

@MaxPevsner I want to load the image on the background because it's very slow now

[Max Pevsner]

@FS.O6, see my answer below.

[FS.O6]

ImageWithImage is a method that crops the image, can it be done on a background thread?

[Max Pevsner]

@FS.O6, I don't think it should be problem. You can test it.

[FS.O6]

Ok, great. Thanks!

[HMD]

What is this answer add to the already accepted answer? To me it's just a copy-paste with minimal change.