I've wondered about this before, but maybe some Objective-C runtime experts 
know.

Does writing directly to the ivar backing a property bypass the ARC features of 
the property. For example, will a strong property be retained if you write 
directly to the ivar?

If not, that's your problem.

Doug

> On Dec 6, 2016, at 11:44 AM, Carl Hoefs <newsli...@autonomy.caltech.edu> 
> wrote:
> 
> I get the following crash in my iOS 9 app simply by adding a CALayer to the 
> current view controller's self.view.layer and then dismissing the current 
> view controller. Simplified code:
> 
>    @property (strong,nonatomic) CALayer *layer;
>    .  .  .
>    _layer = [[CALayer alloc] init];
>    [_layer setDelegate: self];
>    [self.view.layer addSublayer:_layer];
> 
> Upon dismissing the VC:
> 
>    [self dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:nil];
> 
> The following exception occurs:
> 
> (lldb) bt
> * thread #1: tid = 0x121bd, 0x22c2c68a libobjc.A.dylib`objc_retain + 10, 
> queue = 'com.apple.main-thread', stop reason = EXC_BAD_ACCESS (code=1, 
> address=0xb0000010)
>    frame #0: 0x22c2c68a libobjc.A.dylib`objc_retain + 10
>    frame #1: 0x27a2a22a UIKit`-[UIView(Hierarchy) subviews] + 330
>    frame #2: 0x27b3e1ea UIKit`discardEngineRecursive + 118
>    frame #3: 0x27a2fd06 UIKit`-[UIView dealloc] + 630
>    frame #4: 0x2336cd98 CoreFoundation`-[__NSDictionaryM dealloc] + 132
>    frame #5: 0x22c2cf8a libobjc.A.dylib`objc_object::sidetable_release(bool) 
> + 150
>    frame #6: 0x22c2d3cc libobjc.A.dylib`(anonymous 
> namespace)::AutoreleasePoolPage::pop(void*) + 388
>    frame #7: 0x23363f30 CoreFoundation`_CFAutoreleasePoolPop + 16
>    frame #8: 0x23415c56 CoreFoundation`__CFRunLoopRun + 1598
>    frame #9: 0x233641c8 CoreFoundation`CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 516
>    frame #10: 0x23363fbc CoreFoundation`CFRunLoopRunInMode + 108
>    frame #11: 0x24980af8 GraphicsServices`GSEventRunModal + 160
>    frame #12: 0x27a9c434 UIKit`UIApplicationMain + 144
>  * frame #13: 0x001b655e ProteinFold`main(argc=1, argv=0x0043bbc8) + 122 at 
> main.m:14
> 
> If I remove the CALayer first before the 
> -dismissViewControllerAnimated:completion:, it doesn't crash:
> 
>    [layer removeFromSuperlayer];
> 
> Why do I need to explicitly remove my added CALayer before dismissing the VC? 
> Note: If I declare layer as weak, the crash does not occur, but neither does 
> the layer display onscreen.
> -Carl
> 
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