Sorry, it's a Mac app, written in Objective-C and C++. We checked the Memory Graph and nothing seemed amiss.
On Fri, Aug 23, 2019 at 6:51 PM Alex Zavatone <z...@mac.com> wrote: > Casey, it it’s an iOS app, read up on strong and weak and use the > storyboard to breat your first screen. > > Assuming it’s an iOS app… > > Why are you allocating the controller in the app delegate? Are you > embedding it in a Nav controller? > > ARC is fantastic. > > The view controller is within the window. I know I’ll need more info to > help. > > > > > On Aug 23, 2019, at 4:17 PM, Casey McDermott via Cocoa-dev < > cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com> wrote: > > > > We started out assuming that ARC was like Python or Java, where you > could just allocate > > objects and it would manage their lifetimes automatically. Then we read > about the complexities > > of ARC, and started adding __weak to upstream references. > > > > After we finished, the controller for our main window started being > deallocated some random time after launch. > > Apparently the erroneous strong references were keeping it alive. > > > > We allocate the controller in our app delegate class. It's a member but > apparently that is not a > > strong enough reference, so the controller is released at the end of the > scope. What is best practice to > > hold a strong reference on it until the app closes? > > > > BTW, one site we looked at describes ARC as "kind of like a Japanese > B-horror movie". That seems accurate. > > > > Casey McDermott > > TurtleSoft.com > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) > > > > Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. > > Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com > > > > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/zav%40mac.com > > > > This email sent to z...@mac.com > > _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
