Waiting until two async blocks are executed before starting another block

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When using GCD, we want to wait until two async blocks are executed and done before moving on to the next steps of execution. What is the best way to do that?

We tried the following, but it doesn't seem to work:

dispatch_async(dispatch_get_global_queue(DISPATCH_QUEUE_PRIORITY_HIGH, 0), ^ {
    // block1
});


dispatch_async(dispatch_get_global_queue(DISPATCH_QUEUE_PRIORITY_HIGH, 0), ^ {
    // block2
});

// wait until both the block1 and block2 are done before start block3
// how to do that?

dispatch_sync(dispatch_get_global_queue(DISPATCH_QUEUE_PRIORITY_HIGH, 0), ^ {
    // block3
});
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10 Answers

Swift 4.2 example:

let group = DispatchGroup.group(count: 2)
group.notify(queue: DispatchQueue.main) {
     self.renderingLine = false
     // all groups are done
}
DispatchQueue.main.async {
    self.renderTargetNode(floorPosition: targetPosition, animated: closedContour) {
        group.leave()
        // first done
    }
    self.renderCenterLine(position: targetPosition, animated: closedContour) {
        group.leave()
        // second done
    }
 }
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Accepted answer in swift:

let group = DispatchGroup()

group.async(group: DispatchQueue.global(qos: .default), execute: {
    // block1
    print("Block1")
    Thread.sleep(forTimeInterval: 5.0)
    print("Block1 End")
})


group.async(group: DispatchQueue.global(qos: .default), execute: {
    // block2
    print("Block2")
    Thread.sleep(forTimeInterval: 8.0)
    print("Block2 End")
})

dispatch_group_notify(group, DispatchQueue.global(qos: .default), {
    // block3
    print("Block3")
})

// only for non-ARC projects, handled automatically in ARC-enabled projects.
dispatch_release(group)
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