Cocoa Image Gallery Window
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11-11-2019 - |
Question
I have a HUD panel in an app and I want to be able to take a set of images and show each image on the panel for a few seconds before displaying the next image. I'm very new to Cocoa and am having trouble implementing this so some pointers would be welcomed. Here's what I'm currently trying:
[newShots enumerateObjectsUsingBlock:^(NSDictionary *obj, NSUInteger idx, BOOL *stop)
{
//get url
NSURL *imageUrl = [[NSURL alloc] initWithString:[obj objectForKey:@"image_url"]];;
//get image from url
NSImage *image = [[NSImage alloc] initWithContentsOfURL:imageUrl];
//set it to shot panel
[shotPanelImageView setImage:image];
//clean up
[imageUrl release];
[image release];
//set needs refresh
[shotPanelImageView setNeedsDisplay:YES];
//sleep a few before moving to next
[NSThread sleepForTimeInterval:3.0];
}];
As you can see I'm just looping the info for each image, grabbing it via URL, setting it to the view, and then calling thread sleep for a few seconds before moving on. The issue is that the view will not redraw with the new image when it is assigned. I thought that setNeedsDisplay:YES would force a redraw but only the first image in the collection is ever displayed. I've put in NSLog()'s and debugged and I know for sure the enumeration is working correctly as I can see the new image information being set as it should.
Is there something I'm missing or is this a completely wrong way of going about solving this problem?
Thanks,
Craig
No correct solution