Is NSXMLParser's parse method asynchronous

Question

Is NSXMLParser's parse method asynchronous?

in other words if i have an NSXMLParse object and I call [someParseObject parse] from the main thread, will it block the main thread while it does its thing?

Answer 1

It is not asynchronous so it will block the main thread.

Answer 2

NSXMLParser can parse URL/Data, If we parse URL directly, it will freeze the UI(Main Thread),instead of that you can use Data Parsing by using NSXMLParser.Please go through NSURLConnection API for asynchronous fetching the data.