SwiftyTimer is a set of extensions to make the `NSTimer` API cleaner, nicer to use, and at home with Swift's syntax.

Read [Swifty APIs: NSTimer](http://radex.io/swift/nstimer/) for more information about this project.

You can easily schedule repeating and non-repeating timers (repeats and delays) using `NSTimer.every` and `NSTimer.after`:

NSTimer.every(0.7.seconds) {

statusItem.blink()

}

NSTimer.after(1.minute) {

println("Are you still here?")

}

SwiftyTimer uses closures instead of target/selector/userInfo.

You can specify time intervals with intuitive [Ruby on Rails](http://rubyonrails.org)-like helpers:

1.second

2.5.seconds

5.seconds

10.minutes

1.hour

You can pass method references instead of closures:

NSTimer.every(30.seconds, align)

If you want to make a timer object without scheduling, use `new(after:)` and `new(every:)`:

let timer = NSTimer.new(every: 1.second) {

println(self.status)

}

(This should be defined as an initializer, but [a bug in Swift](http://www.openradar.me/18720947) prevents this)

The simplest way to install this library is to copy `Src/SwiftyTimer.swift` to your project. There's no step two!

You can also install this library using CocoaPods. Just add this line to your Podfile:

pod 'SwiftyTimer'

Then import library module like so:

import SwiftyTimer

Note that this requires CocoaPods 0.36+, as well as iOS 8 or OS X 10.9+

If you have comments, complaints or ideas for improvements, feel free to open an issue or a pull request.

Radek Pietruszewski

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SwiftyTimer is available under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for more info.