Executing on the main thread

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When performing tasks asynchronously there typically becomes a need to ensure a piece of code is run on the main thread. For example you may want to hit a REST API asynchronously, but put the result in a UILabel on the screen. Before updating the UILabel you must ensure that your code is run on the main thread:

dispatch_async(dispatch_get_global_queue(DISPATCH_QUEUE_PRIORITY_DEFAULT, 0), ^{
    //Perform expensive tasks
    //...

    //Now before updating the UI, ensure we are back on the main thread
    dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
        label.text = //....
    });
}

Whenever you update views on the screen, always ensure you are doing so on the main thread, otherwise undefined behavior could occur.

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