由于OP问题已经在上面得到了回答，我只想添加一些速度方面的考虑:

我不建议使用.background线程优先级运行任务，尤其是在iPhone X上，因为任务似乎是分配在低功耗内核上的。

下面是一个计算密集型函数的一些真实数据，该函数从XML文件中读取(带缓冲)并执行数据插值:

设备名/ .background / .utility / .default / .userInitiated / .userInteractive

iPhone X: 18.7s / 6.3s / 1.8s / 1.8s iPhone 7: 4.6s / 3.1s / 3.0s / 2.8s / 2.6s iPhone 5s: 7.3s / 6.1s / 4.0s / 4.0s / 3.8s

注意，并不是所有设备的数据集都相同。iPhone X最大，iPhone 5s最小。

来自Jameson Quave的教程

斯威夫特2

dispatch_async(dispatch_get_global_queue(DISPATCH_QUEUE_PRIORITY_DEFAULT, 0), {
    //All stuff here
})

Dan Beaulieu在swift5中给出了答案(从swift 3.0.1开始也可以工作)。

斯威夫特5.0.1

extension DispatchQueue {

    static func background(delay: Double = 0.0, background: (()->Void)? = nil, completion: (() -> Void)? = nil) {
        DispatchQueue.global(qos: .background).async {
            background?()
            if let completion = completion {
                DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + delay, execute: {
                    completion()
                })
            }
        }
    }

}

使用

DispatchQueue.background(delay: 3.0, background: {
    // do something in background
}, completion: {
    // when background job finishes, wait 3 seconds and do something in main thread
})

DispatchQueue.background(background: {
    // do something in background
}, completion:{
    // when background job finished, do something in main thread
})

DispatchQueue.background(delay: 3.0, completion:{
    // do something in main thread after 3 seconds
})

斯威夫特5

为了简化，创建一个“DispatchQueue+Extensions.swift”文件，内容如下:

import Foundation

typealias Dispatch = DispatchQueue

extension Dispatch {

    static func background(_ task: @escaping () -> ()) {
        Dispatch.global(qos: .background).async {
            task()
        }
    }

    static func main(_ task: @escaping () -> ()) {
        Dispatch.main.async {
            task()
        }
    }
}

用法:

Dispatch.background {
    // do stuff

    Dispatch.main { 
        // update UI
    }
}

下面的代码是否有缺点(当需要启动前台屏幕之后)?

import Foundation
import UIKit

class TestTimeDelay {

    static var connected:Bool = false
    
    static var counter:Int = 0

    static func showAfterDelayControl(uiViewController:UIViewController) {
        NSLog("TestTimeDelay", "showAfterDelayControl")
    }
    
    static func tryReconnect() -> Bool {
        counter += 1
        NSLog("TestTimeDelay", "Counter:\(counter)")
        return counter > 4
    }

    static func waitOnConnectWithDelay(milliseconds:Int, uiViewController: UIViewController) {
        
        DispatchQueue.global(qos: .background).async {
            DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: DispatchTime.now() + DispatchTimeInterval.milliseconds(milliseconds), execute: {
                waitOnConnect(uiViewController: uiViewController)
            })
        }
    }

    static func waitOnConnect(uiViewController:UIViewController) {

        connected = tryReconnect()
        if connected {
            showAfterDelayControl(uiViewController: uiViewController)
        }
        else {
            waitOnConnectWithDelay(milliseconds: 200, uiViewController:uiViewController)
        }
     }
}   

你必须将你想要在后台运行的更改与你想要在UI上运行的更新分开:

dispatch_async(dispatch_get_global_queue(DISPATCH_QUEUE_PRIORITY_DEFAULT, 0)) {
    // do your task

    dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue()) {
        // update some UI
    }
}