App Lockup

[skram]

Using the exact example code, after running the server..the app freezes, but the server is still accessible. Any ideas as to what may be going wrong? If I comment out loop.runForever() it doesn't happen..but the server doesn't work. using Xcode 9 on iOS 11 Swift 3.

import Embassy
import EnvoyAmbassador

let loop = try! SelectorEventLoop(selector: try! KqueueSelector())
let router = Router()
let server = DefaultHTTPServer(eventLoop: loop, port: 8080, app: router.app)

router["/api/v2/users"] = DelayResponse(JSONResponse(handler: { _ -> Any in
    return [
        ["id": "01", "name": "john"],
        ["id": "02", "name": "tom"]
    ]
}))

// Start HTTP server to listen on the port
try! server.start()

// Run event loop
loop.runForever()```

[fangpenlin]

@skram Like runForever implies, it blocks current thread you're running it on. So if you want the UI event loop works along with the Embassy server, please use another thread, like NSThread.

[skram]

@fangpenlin mind sharing an example of how to do so with above as an example? having difficulty with this. Much appreciated.

[fangpenlin]

@skram you can see how we use NSThread to run it in a separate thread here in this article

https://envoy.engineering/embedded-web-server-for-ios-ui-testing-8ff3cef513df

[skram]

Thanks. Actually, I just resolved it prior to your response with the same resource link. Thanks.