Block_release deallocating UI objects on a background thread

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You can use the __block storage type qualifier for such a case. __block variables are not automatically retained by the block. So you need to retain the object by yourself:

__block UIViewController *viewController = [myViewController retain];
dispatch_async(backgroundQueue, ^{
    // Do long-running work here.
    dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
        [viewController updateUIWithResults:results];
        [viewController release]; // Ensure it's released on main thread
    }
});

EDIT

With ARC, __block variable object is automatically retained by the block, but we can set nil value to the __block variable for releasing the retained object whenever we want.

__block UIViewController *viewController = myViewController;
dispatch_async(backgroundQueue, ^{
    // Do long-running work here.
    dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
        [viewController updateUIWithResults:results];
        viewController = nil; // Ensure it's released on main thread
    }
});

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