Problem with hiding modalviewcontroller using ASIHTTPRequest - iphone

Question

I have a problem with hiding modalviewcontroller when I connect to server with ASIHttpRequest.
I connect in background thread and show modalview in main thread.
This is my code:
[self performSelectorInBackground:#selector(loginServerRequest) withObject:nil];
- (void)loginServerRequest {
NSAutoreleasePool *pool = [[NSAutoreleasePool alloc] init];
NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:#"https://11.111.111.11/api/login"];
ASIFormDataRequest *request = [ASIFormDataRequest requestWithURL:url];
[request setPostValue:[AccountSettings getCompany] forKey:#"companyName"];
[request setPostValue:[AccountSettings getEmail] forKey:#"email"];
[request setPostValue:[AccountSettings getPassword] forKey:#"password"];
[request setRequestMethod:#"POST"];
[request setTimeOutSeconds:10];
[request setValidatesSecureCertificate:NO];
[request setDelegate:self];
[request startSynchronous];
[pool drain];
}
- (void)requestFinished:(ASIHTTPRequest *)request
{
[self performSelector:#selector(hideServerConnectView) withObject:nil afterDelay:0.0];
int status = [request responseStatusCode];
NSLog(#"%i", status);
if ([self.nibName isEqualToString:#"RootViewController"]) {
if (status == 200) {
//some code
}
}
}
- (void)hideServerConnectView {
[self.parentViewController dismissModalViewControllerAnimated:NO];
}
If server responses immediately modalviewcontroller doesn't hide!
If pass some seconds then everything is okay.
What's the problem??
I changed my code like this:
[self loginServerRequest];
ServerConnectView *viewC = [[ServerConnectView alloc] init];
[self.view addSubview:viewC.view];
[self presentModalViewController:viewC animated:YES];
[viewC release];
- (void)loginServerRequest {
NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:#"https://11.111.111.11/api/login"];
ASIFormDataRequest *request = [ASIFormDataRequest requestWithURL:url];
[request setPostValue:[AccountSettings getCompany] forKey:#"companyName"];
[request setPostValue:[AccountSettings getEmail] forKey:#"email"];
[request setPostValue:[AccountSettings getPassword] forKey:#"password"];
[request setRequestMethod:#"POST"];
[request setTimeOutSeconds:10];
[request setValidatesSecureCertificate:NO];
[request setDelegate:self];
[request startAsynchronous];
}
- (void)requestFinished:(ASIHTTPRequest *)request{
[self hideServerConnectView];
int status = [request responseStatusCode];
NSLog(#"%i", status);
if ([self.nibName isEqualToString:#"RootViewController"]) {
if (status == 200) {
//some code
}
}
}
- (void)hideServerConnectView {
[self.parentViewController dismissModalViewControllerAnimated:NO];
}
And it didn't solve my problem.
Any ideas? Or something wrong?

Answer 1

You're mixing async and sync methods.
You set up the request as though it's an async request, but then call [request startSynchronous];.
Because of this, the delegate methods will not be called and your modal will not be dismissed.
The fix is to fire off the request async, using [request startAsynchronous];
This also means that you don't need to call performSelectorInBackground (or setup the autorelease pool in the loginServerRequest method).

Answer 2

In your asynchronous version, move [self hideServerConnectView]; just after [self loginServerRequest];
OR use - (void)performSelectorOnMainThread:(SEL)aSelector withObject:(id)arg waitUntilDone:(BOOL)wait to invoke - (void)hideServerConnectView since UI update must occur on the Main Thread.