在以往的 iOS 版本中,我们为了避免 NSTimer 的循环引用问题,一个比较常用的解决办法是为 NSTimer 添加一个 category,新增传入 block 类型参数的接口。分类内部实现是将此 block 作为 NSTimer 的 userInfo 参数传入,而 NSTimer的 target 则设置为 timer 自己。以此来避免 NSTimer 持有 VC。代码如下:

// NSTimer+BlocksSupport.h
#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>

@interface NSTimer (BlocksSupport)
+ (NSTimer *)ly_scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval:(NSTimeInterval)interval
repeats:(BOOL)repeats
block:(void(^)())block;
@end

// NSTimer+BlocksSupport.m
#import "NSTimer+BlocksSupport.h"

@implementation NSTimer (BlocksSupport)
+ (NSTimer *)ly_scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval:(NSTimeInterval)interval
repeats:(BOOL)repeats
block:(void(^)())block;
{
	return [self scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval:interval
						target:self
					  selector:@selector(ly_blockInvoke:)
					  userInfo:[block copy]
					   repeats:repeats];
}

+ (void)ly_blockInvoke:(NSTimer *)timer {
	void (^block)() = timer.userInfo;
	if(block) {
		block();
	}
}
@end

而在 iOS 10 之后,苹果终于为 NSTimer 添加了一个官方 API,支持传入 block 类型参数。可谓是千呼万唤始出来。新官方 API 包括:

+ (NSTimer *)timerWithTimeInterval:(NSTimeInterval)interval
repeats:(BOOL)repeats
block:(void (^)(NSTimer *timer))block API_AVAILABLE(macosx(10.12), ios(10.0), watchos(3.0), tvos(10.0));
+ (NSTimer *)scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval:(NSTimeInterval)interval
repeats:(BOOL)repeats
block:(void (^)(NSTimer *timer))block API_AVAILABLE(macosx(10.12), ios(10.0), watchos(3.0), tvos(10.0));