ViewController.swift

import UIKit

class ViewController: UIViewController {
    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()

        Task.detached {
            await self.heavyCall()
        }
    }
    
    func heavyCall() async {
        var count = 0
        while count < 1_000_000_000 {
            count += 1
            await Task.yield()
        }
        print(Thread.isMainThread)  // true
    }
}