Pause the Views from Updating - iphone

Question

Want to pause the multiple views from updating when Pause button is pressed
In h file
#property BOOL appIsPaused;
In m file
#synthesize appIsPaused;
-(void)playpauseAction:(id)sender
{
if
([audioPlayer isPlaying]){
[sender setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"play.png"] forState:UIControlStateSelected];
[audioPlayer pause];
appIsPaused = YES;
} else {
[sender setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"pause.png"] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[audioPlayer play];
appIsPaused = NO;
[self performSelector:#selector(displayviewsAction:) withObject:nil afterDelay:11.0];
}
}
- (void)displayviewsAction:(id)sender
{
FirstViewController *viewController = [[FirstViewController alloc] init];
viewController.view.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, 320, 480);
[self.view addSubview:viewController.view];
[self.view addSubview:toolbar];
[self performSelector:#selector(secondViewController) withObject:nil afterDelay:23];
[viewController release];
}
-(void)secondViewController {
SecondViewController *secondController = [[SecondViewController alloc] init];
secondController.view.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, 320, 480);
[self.view addSubview:secondController.view];
[self.view addSubview:toolbar];
[self performSelector:#selector(ThirdviewController) withObject:nil afterDelay:27];
[secondController release];
}
and it goes on like this for multiple views.
Any ideas how to pause views from updating whenever pause button is pressed.

Answer 1

Instead of using performSelector after delay, you should consider using a NSTimer.
Like this:
Declare a NSTimer *timer ivar.
Declare a NSUInteger viewControl;
Set viewControl to 0;
On the play part of the method add this line:
timer = [NSTimer scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval:11 target:self selector:#selector(tick) userInfo:nil repeats:YES];
-(void)tick
{
switch(viewControl)
{
case 0:
[self performSelector:#selector(firstViewController) withObject:nil];
break;
case 1:
[self performSelector:#selector(secondViewController) withObject:nil];
break;
case 2:
[self performSelector:#selector(thirdViewController) withObject:nil];
break;
.
.
.
default:
break;
}
viewControl++;
if(viewControl > MAX_VIEWS)
{
viewControl = 0;
}
}
And add this line on pause action:
[timer invalidate]
It is also cleaner and let you have more control over your code.
Hope it helps.