feat: added Utils.executeOnUIThread

packages/core/utils/index.d.ts

@@ -227,6 +227,12 @@ export function queueMacrotask(task: () => void): void;
  */
 export function executeOnMainThread(func: Function);
 
+/**
+ * Runs the passed function on the UI Thread.
+ * @param func The function to execute on the UI thread.
+ */
+export function executeOnUIThread(func: Function);
+
 /**
  * Returns a function wrapper which executes the supplied function on the main thread.
  * The wrapper behaves like the original function and passes all of its arguments BUT

packages/core/utils/mainthread-helper.android.ts

@@ -9,3 +9,11 @@ export function dispatchToMainThread(func: () => void) {
 export function isMainThread(): boolean {
 	return android.os.Looper.myLooper() === android.os.Looper.getMainLooper();
 }
+
+export function dispatchToUIThread(func: () => void) {
+	return function (func) {
+		if (func) {
+			func();
+		}
+	};
+}

packages/core/utils/mainthread-helper.d.ts

@@ -8,3 +8,9 @@ export function dispatchToMainThread(func: Function);
  * @returns Boolean value indicating whether the current thread is the main thread
  */
 export function isMainThread(): boolean;
+
+/**
+ * Dispatches the passed function for execution on the UI thread
+ * @param func The function to execute on the UI thread.
+ */
+export function dispatchToUIThread(func: Function);

packages/core/utils/mainthread-helper.ios.ts

@@ -5,3 +5,15 @@ export function dispatchToMainThread(func: () => void) {
 export function isMainThread(): boolean {
 	return NSThread.isMainThread;
 }
+
+export function dispatchToUIThread(func: () => void) {
+	const runloop = CFRunLoopGetMain();
+	return function (func) {
+		if (runloop && func) {
+			CFRunLoopPerformBlock(runloop, kCFRunLoopDefaultMode, func);
+			CFRunLoopWakeUp(runloop);
+		} else if (func) {
+			func();
+		}
+	};
+}

packages/core/utils/utils-common.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import * as types from './types';
-import { dispatchToMainThread, isMainThread } from './mainthread-helper';
+import { dispatchToMainThread, dispatchToUIThread, isMainThread } from './mainthread-helper';
 import { sanitizeModuleName } from '../ui/builder/module-name-sanitizer';
 import * as layout from './layout-helper';
 
@@ -125,6 +125,10 @@ export function executeOnMainThread(func: Function) {
 	}
 }
 
+export function executeOnUIThread(func: Function) {
+	dispatchToUIThread(func);
+}
+
 export function mainThreadify(func: Function): (...args: any[]) => void {
 	return function (...args) {
 		const argsToPass = args;