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Triggering actions after a time interval with Timers

If you need to trigger an action or send a message after a certain period of time, use the Timer class, which lets you schedule actions to run in the future, with or without repetition. Timer.scheduledTimer(withTimeInterval: 2.0, repeats: false) { _ in print("Two seconds have passed!"

Gabriel Fernandes Thomaz, Tiago Gomes Pereira

Jun 17, 2025 • 2 min read

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Exploring Apple Intelligence: Image Generation

Understand how image generation powered by Apple Intelligence is taking shape as system features.

Generating person segmentation with the Vision Framework

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Keeping parts of the text unchanged by Writing Tools

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Keeping parts of the text unchanged by Writing Tools

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Making RealityKit apps accessible

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Implementing search suggestions in SwiftUI

Implementing search suggestions in SwiftUI

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Crafting Better App Icons at SwiftLeeds 2024

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Watch the session on how to craft better app icons by Flora Damiano at SwiftLeeds 2024.

Supporting Writing Tools on your app

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Supporting Writing Tools on your app

Learn how to have access and manage support to Writing Tools within text fields.

Exploring Interactive Bottom Sheets in SwiftUI

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Explore how to effectively use presentation detents to create interactive customized sheets like those in the Apple Maps, Find My and Stocks apps.

Exploring Apple Intelligence: Talking with Siri

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Understand how Siri is evolving, being powered by Apple Intelligence.

Detecting hand pose with the Vision framework

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Navigating Pitfalls: The Do's and Don'ts of Gestural Interfaces

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Detecting faces in images with the Vision framework

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Prevent screenshot capture of sensitive SwiftUI views

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Exploring Apple Intelligence: Writing Tools

Apple Intelligence

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Understand Writing Tools, powered by Apple Intelligence.

Identifying attention areas in images with Vision Framework

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Implement blurring when multitasking in SwiftUI

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Making charts accessible with Swift Charts

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Tokenizing text with the Natural Language framework

Natural Language

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Calculating the semantic distance between words with the Natural Language framework

Natural Language

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