reached while popover is still visible

Question

-(void)showsearch:(id)sender
{
    SearchViewController *searchview =[[SearchViewController alloc] initWithNibName:@"SearchViewController" bundle:nil];

    settingpopoverController = [[[UIPopoverController alloc] 
                                    initWithContentViewController:searchview] autorelease];               
    [searchview release];
    [settingpopoverController presentPopoverFromBarButtonItem:sender 
                                    permittedArrowDirections:UIPopoverArrowDirectionAny animated:YES];


}

When I click on button, the app is crash and I got [UIPopoverController dealloc] reached while popover is still visible. message.

you seem to be mixing up view and controller. is SearchViewController a controller, but you call it a view. — Ross

Chris Chris · Accepted Answer · 2011-06-10T04:54:19

There are some good discussions on this topic here:

Retain/release pattern for UIPopoverController, UIActionSheet, and modal view controllers?

UIPopoverController and memory management

The gist of it is you need to:

assign your autoreleased popover to a retain property
set the property to nil in your view's dealloc
as well as setting it to nil in the popoverControllerDidDismissPopover.

reached while popover is still visible

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