How do I write dispatch_after GCD in Swift 3, 4, and 5?
Asked 07 September, 2021
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In Swift 2, I was able to use dispatch_after to delay an action using grand central dispatch:

var dispatchTime: dispatch_time_t = dispatch_time(DISPATCH_TIME_NOW, Int64(0.1 * Double(NSEC_PER_SEC))) 
dispatch_after(dispatchTime, dispatch_get_main_queue(), { 
    // your function here 
})

But this no longer seems to compile since Swift 3. What is the preferred way to write this in modern Swift?

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