dispatch_after函数在给定时间后将块对象分派到分派队列。使用下面的代码在2.0秒后执行一些UI相关的任务。

            let delay = 2.0
            let delayInNanoSeconds = dispatch_time(DISPATCH_TIME_NOW, Int64(delay * Double(NSEC_PER_SEC)))
            let mainQueue = dispatch_get_main_queue()

            dispatch_after(delayInNanoSeconds, mainQueue, {

                print("Some UI related task after delay")
            })

在swift 3.0中:

            let dispatchTime: DispatchTime = DispatchTime.now() + Double(Int64(2.0 * Double(NSEC_PER_SEC))) / Double(NSEC_PER_SEC)
            DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: dispatchTime, execute: {

          })

于2021年4月更新，使用Xcode 12.4。这仍然有效，除了现在+按钮显示更多的图标，包括视图库和Modifiers库(见下文)，并且视图可能是默认的。 所以一定要选择Snippets库，如下图所示。

(2020年6月在Xcode 11.3.1上验证)

Xcode提供了一个代码片段来做到这一点。您只需输入延迟值和希望在延迟后运行的代码。

点击Xcode右上方的+按钮，当你在编辑一些代码时(而不是在Project Navigator中，在那里会显示其他库，如Capabilities) 确保Snippets库(参见截图，带有{}的图标)被选中，从可用的图标中退出。 搜索之后 它将只返回一个搜索结果，这是所需的片段(见截图)。双击它，你就可以开始了。

我相信作者不是在问如何等待一个分数时间(延迟)，而是如何传递一个标量作为参数的选择器(withObject:)和现代objective C中最快的方法是:

[obj performSelector:...  withObject:@(0.123123123) afterDelay:10]

你的选择器必须改变它的参数为NSNumber，并使用floatValue或doubleValue这样的选择器检索值

Swift 3和Xcode 8.3.2

这段代码将帮助你，我也添加了一个解释

// Create custom class, this will make your life easier
class CustomDelay {

    static let cd = CustomDelay()

    // This is your custom delay function
    func runAfterDelay(_ delay:Double, closure:@escaping ()->()) {
        let when = DispatchTime.now() + delay
        DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: when, execute: closure)
    }
}


// here how to use it (Example 1)
class YourViewController: UIViewController {

    // example delay time 2 second
    let delayTime = 2.0

    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()

        CustomDelay.cd.runAfterDelay(delayTime) {
            // This func will run after 2 second
            // Update your UI here, u don't need to worry to bring this to the main thread because your CustomDelay already make this to main thread automatically :)
            self.runFunc()
        }
    }

    // example function 1
    func runFunc() {
        // do your method 1 here
    }
}

// here how to use it (Example 2)
class YourSecondViewController: UIViewController {

    // let say you want to user run function shoot after 3 second they tap a button

    // Create a button (This is programatically, you can create with storyboard too)
    let shootButton: UIButton = {
        let button = UIButton(type: .system)
        button.frame = CGRect(x: 15, y: 15, width: 40, height: 40) // Customize where do you want to put your button inside your ui
        button.setTitle("Shoot", for: .normal)
        button.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
        return button
    }()

    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()

        // create an action selector when user tap shoot button
        shootButton.addTarget(self, action: #selector(shoot), for: .touchUpInside)   
    }

    // example shoot function
    func shoot() {
        // example delay time 3 second then shoot
        let delayTime = 3.0

        // delay a shoot after 3 second
        CustomDelay.cd.runAfterDelay(delayTime) {
            // your shoot method here
            // Update your UI here, u don't need to worry to bring this to the main thread because your CustomDelay already make this to main thread automatically :)
        }
    }   
}

这里有一个方便的帮手来防止烦人的GCD调用一遍又一遍:

public func delay(bySeconds seconds: Double, dispatchLevel: DispatchLevel = .main, closure: @escaping () -> Void) {
    let dispatchTime = DispatchTime.now() + seconds
    dispatchLevel.dispatchQueue.asyncAfter(deadline: dispatchTime, execute: closure)
}

public enum DispatchLevel {
    case main, userInteractive, userInitiated, utility, background
    var dispatchQueue: DispatchQueue {
        switch self {
        case .main:                 return DispatchQueue.main
        case .userInteractive:      return DispatchQueue.global(qos: .userInteractive)
        case .userInitiated:        return DispatchQueue.global(qos: .userInitiated)
        case .utility:              return DispatchQueue.global(qos: .utility)
        case .background:           return DispatchQueue.global(qos: .background)
        }
    }
}

现在你只需在主线程上延迟你的代码，就像这样:

delay(bySeconds: 1.5) { 
    // delayed code
}

如果你想延迟你的代码到不同的线程:

delay(bySeconds: 1.5, dispatchLevel: .background) { 
    // delayed code that will run on background thread
}

如果你喜欢一个框架，也有一些更方便的功能，然后签出handysswift。你可以通过Carthage将它添加到你的项目中，然后像上面的例子一样使用它:

import HandySwift    

delay(bySeconds: 1.5) { 
    // delayed code
}

按Cmd + Shift + L显示Xcode内置代码片段库:

寻找分派之后，然后，只需拖放到您的代码。