В Swift вы можете создать таймер используя GCD:
func CreateTimerDispatchSource(interval: UInt64, leeway: UInt64, queue: dispatch_queue_t, block: dispatch_block_t) -> dispatch_source_t {
let timer = dispatch_source_create(DISPATCH_SOURCE_TYPE_TIMER, 0, 0, queue)
dispatch_source_set_timer(timer, dispatch_walltime(nil, 0), interval, leeway)
dispatch_source_set_event_handler(timer, block)
return timer;
}
var timer = CreateTimerDispatchSource(5*NSEC_PER_SEC, 0, dispatch_get_global_queue(DISPATCH_QUEUE_PRIORITY_DEFAULT, 0)) {
// do some serious stuff
}
Таймер запуска или возобновления:
dispatch_resume(timer)
Таймер приостановки:
dispatch_suspend(timer)