我在这里使用performSelectOnBackground或GCD对示例代码做了完整的解释：

I did a full explanation with sample code using performSelectOnBackground or GCD here:

GCD，主题，程序流程和UI更新

以下是该帖子的示例代码部分（减去他的具体问题：

Here's the sample code portion of that post (minus his specific problems:

performSelectorInBackground示例：

在这个片段中，我有一个调用长时间运行工作的按钮，一个状态标签，我添加了一个滑块以显示我可以bg工作完成后移动滑块。

In this snippet, I have a button which invokes the long running work, a status label, and I added a slider to show I can move the slider while the bg work is done.

// on click of button
- (IBAction)doWork:(id)sender
{
    [[self feedbackLabel] setText:@"Working ..."];
    [[self doWorkButton] setEnabled:NO];

    [self performSelectorInBackground:@selector(performLongRunningWork:) withObject:nil];
}

- (void)performLongRunningWork:(id)obj
{
    // simulate 5 seconds of work
    // I added a slider to the form - I can slide it back and forth during the 5 sec.
    sleep(5);
    [self performSelectorOnMainThread:@selector(workDone:) withObject:nil waitUntilDone:YES];
}

- (void)workDone:(id)obj
{
    [[self feedbackLabel] setText:@"Done ..."];
    [[self doWorkButton] setEnabled:YES];
}

GCD示例：

// on click of button
- (IBAction)doWork:(id)sender
{
    [[self feedbackLabel] setText:@"Working ..."];
    [[self doWorkButton] setEnabled:NO];

    // async queue for bg work
    // main queue for updating ui on main thread
    dispatch_queue_t queue = dispatch_queue_create("com.sample", 0);
    dispatch_queue_t main = dispatch_get_main_queue();

    //  do the long running work in bg async queue
    // within that, call to update UI on main thread.
    dispatch_async(queue, 
                   ^{ 
                       [self performLongRunningWork]; 
                       dispatch_async(main, ^{ [self workDone]; });
                   });    
}

- (void)performLongRunningWork
{
    // simulate 5 seconds of work
    // I added a slider to the form - I can slide it back and forth during the 5 sec.
    sleep(5);
}

- (void)workDone
{
    [[self feedbackLabel] setText:@"Done ..."];
    [[self doWorkButton] setEnabled:YES];
}