NSTimer freezes the app until it gets fired again?

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Published on 2010-04-13T10:00:55Z Indexed on 2010/04/13 10:02 UTC
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Hello all, I have a simple app with a button, UIImageView and a NSTimer. The timer is fired up every 5 seconds repeatedly to update the ImageView with a new image, while the button simply stops the timer and switches to another View.

The problem is that when I press the button, nothing happens for a few seconds (until the timer fires up again).

Is there a way to cause the button to stop the timer and do its job at any given time instead of between intervals of the timer?

Thanks!

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