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

Thanks Yimin for the code above. I've updated it to the latest Swift syntax so just posting to be helpful:

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

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

func performWithCompletionHandler(completion: @escaping (AnyObject?, AnyObject?) -> Void) {

    let operationQueue = OperationQueue()

    var resultOfOperation1: AnyObject?
    var resultOfOperation2: AnyObject?

    let operation1 = BlockOperation {
        let dispatchGroup = DispatchGroup()
        dispatchGroup.enter()
        self.anAsyncMethod {
            result in
            resultOfOperation1 = result
            dispatchGroup.leave()
        }
        // wait until anAsyncMethod is completed
        dispatchGroup.wait(timeout: DispatchTime.distantFuture)
    }

    let operation2 = BlockOperation {
        let dispatchGroup = DispatchGroup()
        dispatchGroup.enter()
        self.anotherAsyncMethod {
            result in
            resultOfOperation2 = result
            dispatchGroup.leave()
        }
        // wait until anotherAsyncMethod is completed
        dispatchGroup.wait(timeout: DispatchTime.distantFuture)
    }

    let completionOperation = BlockOperation {
        // 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)
}