How to stop execution of a running background thread from main thread on swift while using DispatchQueue

Question

 DispatchQueue.global(qos: .background).async {
    //This will run on the background queue
    self.writeValue(tag: GlobalData.WRITE_DATA, data: getDataForWrite(1) )
           


        

Answer 1

You can use a BlockOperation

let blockOperation = BlockOperation {
    self.writeValue(tag: GlobalData.WRITE_DATA, data: getDataForWrite(1) )
    self.writeValue(tag: GlobalData.WRITE_DATA, data: getDataForWrite(2) )
    self.writeValue(tag: GlobalData.WRITE_DATA, data: getDataForWrite(3) )
    self.writeValue(tag: GlobalData.WRITE_DATA, data: getDataForWrite(4) )
    self.writeValue(tag: GlobalData.WRITE_DATA, data: getDataForWrite(5) )
    //...
}

let queue = OperationQueue()
queue.addOperation(blockOperation)

And at some point in time from your main thread you can cancel the operation:

blockOperation.cancel()

More info on BlockOperation

More info on OperationQueue