How make a game loop on the iPhone without using NSTimer

Question

In order to cleanly port my game to the iPhone, I\'m trying to make a game loop that doesn\'t use NSTimer.

I noticed in some sample code that, if using NSTimer, you\'d s

Answer 1

If you don't wish to use NSTimer you can try running the NSRunLoop manually:

static BOOL shouldContinueGameLoop;
static void RunGameLoop() {
    NSRunLoop *currentRunLoop = [NSRunLoop currentRunLoop];
    NSDate *destDate = [[NSDate alloc] init];
    do {
        // Create an autorelease pool
        NSAutoreleasePool *pool = [[NSAutoreleasePool alloc] init];
        // Run the runloop to process OS events
        [currentRunLoop runUntilDate:destDate];
        // Your logic/draw code goes here
        // Drain the pool
        [pool drain];
        // Calculate the new date
        NSDate *newDate = [[NSDate alloc] initWithTimeInterval:1.0f/45 sinceDate:destDate];
        [destDate release];
        destDate = newDate;
    } while(shouldContinueGameLoop);
    [destDate release];
}