How to run synchronically two functions with async operations on iOS using Swift

Question

lets propose this scenario

a method with async network operations

func asyncMethodA() -> String?
{
   result : String?
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Answer 1

func anAsyncMethod(resultHandler: (result: AnyObject) -> Void) {
    ...        
}

func anotherAsyncMethod(resultHandler: (result: AnyObject) -> Void) {
    ... 
}

let operationQueue = NSOperationQueue()

func performWithCompletionHandler(completion: (AnyObject?, AnyObject?) -> Void) {
        var resultOfOperation1: AnyObject?
        var resultOfOperation2: AnyObject?

        let operation1 = NSBlockOperation {
                let dispatchGroup = dispatch_group_create()
                dispatch_group_enter(dispatchGroup)
                self.anAsyncMethod {
                        result in
                        resultOfOperation1 = result
                        dispatch_group_leave(dispatchGroup)
                }
                // wait until anAsyncMethod is completed
                dispatch_group_wait(dispatchGroup, DISPATCH_TIME_FOREVER)
        }

        let operation2 = NSBlockOperation {
                let dispatchGroup = dispatch_group_create()
                dispatch_group_enter(dispatchGroup)
                self.anotherAsyncMethod {
                        result in
                        resultOfOperation2 = result
                        dispatch_group_leave(dispatchGroup)
                }
                // wait until anotherAsyncMethod is completed
                dispatch_group_wait(dispatchGroup, DISPATCH_TIME_FOREVER)
        }

        let completionOperation = NSBlockOperation {
                // send all results to completion callback
                completion(resultOfOperation1, resultOfOperation2)
        }

        // configuring interoperation dependencies
        operation2.addDependency(operation1)
        completionOperation.addDependency(operation2)

        operationQueue.addOperations([operation1, operation2, completionOperation], waitUntilFinished: false)
}