Need to clarify the behavior of dispatch_group_wait () when dispatch_group_create () and dispatch_group_enter () are called from different queues

I am watching Ray Wenderlich's tutorial on using submit queues to get notified when a group of tasks is complete. http://www.raywenderlich.com/63338/grand-central-dispatch-in-depth-part-2

The first code shown in the Code That Works section is straight from the tutorial. The Alert view (final completion block) is executed after all 3 downloads have completed.

I tried to play with it and moved the async dispatch to "Code That Doesn't Work" to see what happens if dispatch_group_create () and dispatch_group_enter () are executed on different queues. In this case, dispatch_group_enter () doesn't seem to be registered because dispatch_group_wait () exits immediately and the warning (final completion block) is executed even before all downloads have finished.

Can someone explain what happens in the second case? (This is just for my understanding of how the dispatch group works, and I understand that it is better to place the entire function in a global parallel queue to avoid blocking the main thread).

Code that works

 - (void)downloadPhotosWithCompletionBlock:(BatchPhotoDownloadingCompletionBlock)completionBlock
{

 dispatch_async(dispatch_get_global_queue(DISPATCH_QUEUE_PRIORITY_HIGH, 0),^{

    __block NSError *error;
    dispatch_group_t downloadGroup = dispatch_group_create();

    for (NSInteger i = 0; i < 3; i++)
    {
        NSURL *url;
        switch (i) {
            case 0:
                url = [NSURL URLWithString:kOverlyAttachedGirlfriendURLString];
                break;
            case 1:
                url = [NSURL URLWithString:kSuccessKidURLString];
                break;
            case 2:
                url = [NSURL URLWithString:kLotsOfFacesURLString];
                break;
            default:
                break;
        }


            dispatch_group_enter(downloadGroup);
            __block Photo *photo = [[Photo alloc] initwithURL:url
                                  withCompletionBlock:^(UIImage *image, NSError *_error) {
                                      if (_error) {
                                          error = _error;
                                      }
                                      NSLog(@"Finished completion block for photo alloc for URL %@ and photo is %@",url,photo) ;
                                      dispatch_group_leave(downloadGroup);
                                  }];

            [[PhotoManager sharedManager] addPhoto:photo];
            NSLog(@"Finished adding photo to shared manager for URL %@ and photo is %@",url,photo) ;
    }

    dispatch_group_wait(downloadGroup, DISPATCH_TIME_FOREVER); // 5
    dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
        if (completionBlock) {
            NSLog(@"Executing completion block after download group complete") ;
            completionBlock(error);
        }
    }) ;
  }) ;
}

      

        
        
        
      

    

EDITED code that doesn't work with extra NSLog instructions

Code that doesn't work

 - (void)downloadPhotosWithCompletionBlock:(BatchPhotoDownloadingCompletionBlock)completionBlock
 {

__block NSError *error;
dispatch_group_t downloadGroup = dispatch_group_create();

for (NSInteger i = 0; i < 3; i++)
{
    NSURL *url;
    switch (i) {
        case 0:
            url = [NSURL URLWithString:kOverlyAttachedGirlfriendURLString];
            break;
        case 1:
            url = [NSURL URLWithString:kSuccessKidURLString];
            break;
        case 2:
            url = [NSURL URLWithString:kLotsOfFacesURLString];
            break;
        default:
            break;
    }

    dispatch_async(dispatch_get_global_queue(DISPATCH_QUEUE_PRIORITY_HIGH, 0),^{
        dispatch_group_enter(downloadGroup);
        NSLog(@"Enetered group for URL %@",url) ;
        __block Photo *photo = [[Photo alloc] initwithURL:url
                                      withCompletionBlock:^(UIImage *image, NSError *_error) {
                                          if (_error) {
                                              error = _error;
                                          }
                                          NSLog(@"Finished completion block for photo alloc for URL %@ and photo is %@",url,photo) ;
                                          dispatch_group_leave(downloadGroup);
                                      }];

        [[PhotoManager sharedManager] addPhoto:photo];
        NSLog(@"Finished adding photo to shared manager for URL %@ and photo is %@",url,photo) ;
    }) ;
}

NSLog(@"Executing wait statement") ;
dispatch_group_wait(downloadGroup, DISPATCH_TIME_FOREVER); // 5
dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
    if (completionBlock) {
        NSLog(@"Executing completion block after download group complete") ;
        completionBlock(error);
    }
}) ;
}