Swift timer
Mar 8, 2015
This is a simple timer, using Swift.
1var theTimer = NSTimer() //function to start the timer (if needs be) func startTimer() { //start the timer with a 5 second delay self.theTimer = NSTimer.scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval(5, target: self, selector: Selector("timerIsDone"), userInfo: nil, repeats: false) } func stopTimer() { //start the timer with a 5 second delay self.theTimer.invalidate() } //The function called when the timer is done func timerIsDone() { println("Do something") stopTimer() } //start the timer - this can be in called as needed from another function or an init startTimer()