Core.asyncCall
Available since: Gideros 2016.06
Class: Core
Description
Launches a function on a separate thread as a background task. <syntaxhighlight lang="lua"> Core.asyncCall(task,parameters) </source>
Background threads are only executed when the main thread is not running.
Parameters
task: (function) function to run in background
parameters: (multiple) multiple parameters to pass to function optional
Examples
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua"> local function scaleTextsAndBtn() local tempFontScale=1.02
Core.yield(.2) txt1_noads:setScale(tempFontScale) Core.yield(.1) txt1_noads:setScale(1)
txt2_plusincome:setScale(tempFontScale) Core.yield(.1) txt2_plusincome:setScale(1)
Core.yield(.1) btn_OK:setScale(1.04) Core.yield(.2) btn_OK:setScale(1) end
Core.asyncCall(scaleTextsAndBtn) </source>
asyncCall used in a Class and with parameters <syntaxhighlight lang="lua"> if self.imgui:button("VALIDATE") then -- self:gotoScene("levelX") Core.asyncCall(LevelX.gotoScene, self, "levelX") -- or self.gotoScene, ... end ...
-- change scene function LevelX:gotoScene(xscene) scenemanager:changeScene( xscene, 1, transitions[math.random(1, #transitions)], easings[math.random(1, #easings)] ) end </source>
