Here’s a simple use of NSTimer to repeatedly trigger a method call every X seconds in Objective-c, for iOS.
Declare NSTimer variable in header file
NSTimer *myTimer;
Initialise myTimer at the appropriate point in code. Could be viewDidLoad on iPhone or willActivate on Apple Watch. My example triggers the method named updateDisplay at 5 second intervals. Note that I’ve set repeats: YES.
You can trigger the method for a one off call after X seconds by setting repeats: NO.
myTimer= [NSTimerscheduledTimerWithTimeInterval:5.0target:selfselector:@selector(updateDisplay)
userInfo:nil
repeats:YES];
The above code both primes and starts the timer.
To end the timer. Could be didDeactivate on apple Watch, for example
[myTimer invalidate];
myTimer = nil;
