NSThread terminating too early
- by JustinXXVII
I have an app that uploads to Google Spreadsheets via the GData ObjC client for Mac/iPhone. It works fine as is. I'm trying to get the upload portion on its own thread and I'm attempting to call the upload method on a new thread.
Look:
-(void)establishNewThreadToUpload {
[NSThread detachNewThreadSelector:@selector(uploadToGoogle) toTarget:self withObject:nil];
}
-(void)uploadToGoogle {
NSAutoReleasePool *pool = [[NSAutoReleasePool alloc] init];
//works fine
[helper setNewServiceWithName:username password:password];
//works fine
[helper fetchUserSpreadsheetFeed];
//inside the helper class, fetchUserSpreadsheet feed calls ANOTHER method, which
//calls ANOTHER METHOD and so on, until the object is either uploaded or fails
//However, once the class gets to the end of fetchUserSpreadsheetFeed
//control is passed back to this method, and
[pool release];
//is called. The thread terminates and nothing ever happens.
}
If I forget about using a separate thread, everything works like it's supposed to. I'm new to thread programming, so if there's something I'm missing, please clue me in!
Thanks!
