dear stacks i need to pass variables to the thread method when creating a new thread my code is the follwing //generating thread [NSThread detachNewThreadSelector:@selector(startThread) toTarget:self withObject:nil]; thread job - (void)startThread:(NSInteger *)var img:(UIImageView *) Img{ NSAutoreleasePool *pool = [[NSAutoreleasePool alloc] init]; [NSThread sleepForTimeInterval:var]; [self performSelectorOnMainThread:@selector(threadMethod) withObject:nil waitUntilDone:NO]; //i need to pass Img to threadMethod: [pool release]; } thread Method - (void)threadMethod:(UIImageView *) Img { //do some coding. } so how i can do this (pass parameter to both of methods