Xcode: Why is my timer counting 2 seconds on every

Question

Hi I have a timer that should count from 12:00 minutes to 0:00 in an iphone app! But when it starts it counts like this; 11:58 11:56 11:54 11:52

it is counting 2 seconds on every tick.

this is the code in the start button code:

tid.text=[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%d:%.2d",minuter,sekunder];
timer= [NSTimer scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval:1.0 target:self selector:@selector(tidklick) userInfo:nil repeats:YES];

This is the method tidklick:

-(void) tidklick
{

tiden -= 1;
sekunder = tiden % 60;
minuter= (tiden - sekunder) / 60;
tid.text=[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%d:%.2d",minuter,sekunder];

}

This is the code in the beginning..

 int tiden=720;
 int sekunder;
 int minuter;

This appears in the NSLog that I put in the method...

2012-04-26 06:41:38.562 Matte [288:f803] tiden: 719
sekunder: 59
 2012-04-26 06:41:38.607 Matte [288:f803] tiden: 718
 sekunder: 58
 2012-04-26 06:41:39.562 Matte[288:f803] tiden: 717
 sekunder: 57
 2012-04-26 06:41:39.607 Matte[288:f803] tiden: 716
  sekunder: 56
 2012-04-26 06:41:40.562 Matte [288:f803] tiden: 715
 sekunder: 55
 2012-04-26 06:41:40.607 Matte [288:f803] tiden: 714
 sekunder: 54

I have tried to make a new timer with a new name and new method, but it still counts 2.. Can it have something to do with the fact that I have alot of buttons and stuff on the screen? Some memory error?

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

Sometimes running from xcode can make things really slow. As previously stated the logic looks fine. You could try running it on the phone, but not from xcode. This might work with the simulator as well. Not sure about that though.

Answer 2

Your logic looks fine. Are you sure you’re not creating the timer twice?

Answer 3

you code don't have problem, try logging first

then you will know if it count every 2 sec or it refresh UI at every 2 sec

-(void) tidklick
{

tiden -= 1;
sekunder = tiden % 60;
// add log here
NSLog(@"tiden: %d\n sekunder: %d",tiden,sekunder);

minuter= (tiden - sekunder) / 60;
tid.text=[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%d:%.2d",minuter,sekunder];

}

And you can try to run the timer in background thread

[self performSelectorInBackground:@selector(schedule) withObject:nil];

- (void) schedule {
NSAutoreleasePool* pool = [[NSAutoreleasePool alloc] init];
NSRunLoop* runLoop = [NSRunLoop currentRunLoop];

timer = [[NSTimer scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval:1.0f
                                              target:self
                                    selector:@selector(run:)
                                    userInfo:nil
                                     repeats:YES]
     retain];

[runLoop run];
[pool release];
}


-(void) run:(id) sender{

// you should handle the thread-safe 
tiden -= 1;
sekunder = tiden % 60;
// add log here
NSLog(@"tiden: %d\n sekunder: %d",tiden,sekunder);
minuter= (tiden - sekunder) / 60;
NSString *test =[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%d:%.2d",minuter,sekunder];

[label performSelectorOnMainThread:@selector(setText:) withObject:test waitUntilDone:YES];
}