Hi, i'm only create an project with a Utility Application template. This template has a native memory leak when i push "info button" to flip the view.
Anyone know how can i fix this leak ??? I just make an new project from this template, i don't add new objects.
In the current SDK utility template is no leak. How did you get the impression there's a leak in the template? It's just allocating memory which is needed for the views.
A leak is memory to which no pointers exist and which cannot be freed any more.
That might be a leak or it might not be a leak. If you were to add the backtrace of the allocation, that would be helpful.
More likely than not, it isn't a leak, but some bookkeeping information that is being stashed away by dyld that leaks/Instruments loses track of.
Given that it is 128 bytes and I'm guessing there is only one of them, I would encourage you to file a bug via http://bugreport.apple.com and then forget about it for now as, in the unlikely case that it really is a leak, you will be equally as unlikely to be able to fix it from within your application.
Got the leak doing this:
XCode 3.2--
File, New Project, Navigation-based Application
Give it a name
Build It
Run With Performance Tools -> Leaks
When Instruments comes up, click on Leaks (you might have to click the little icon at the bottom that looks like four boxes within a box)
About 7 seconds after running you should see the leak: -- Malloc 128 Bytes, some Address, 128 Bytes, CoreGraphics, open_handle_to_dylib_path
I traced it to this code in the AppDelegate:
//APPLE CODE
- (void)applicationDidFinishLaunching:(UIApplication *)application {
// Override point for customization after app launch
[window addSubview:[navigationController view]];
[window makeKeyAndVisible];
}
I broke out the navigationController (did a separate alloc and release) and COMMENTED OUT the addSubview: action - there was no leak - and, obviously, the screen was blank.
It wasn't until I attempted addSubview that the leak occurred. Since there are numerous ways to add a subview, I tried those. Each resulted in the leak or a blank screen.
Leaks has flagged open_handle_to_dylib_path in CoreGraphics for me as well; there is definitely something flagged here. Since it is merely 256 bytes at its heaviest, I fired off a bug report to Apple and called it done. You can then set a rule in Leaks' configuration to ignore the report.
As bbum pointed out, there might be serious voodoo at work. I seriously doubt Apple would let leaky frameworks go through QA -- especially since it's so easy to reproduce.
hi, ı also wonder how it is happening, i think this is just a normal allocation not an actual leak. Dear inked, how did you manage to trace this call to addsubview.
@Jed Smith: Did you hear back after filing the bug report? I have the same issue.. very annoying.
Hope this helps.
From: http://www.cocos2d-iphone.org/forum/topic/2460
"The simulator has bugs related to singletons and llvm stuff that are incorrectly reported by Instruments. Always check your leaks on the device itself."
This must be a bug. It appears in Apple's own example, PageControl, found here: http://developer.apple.com/iphone/library/samplecode/PageControl/index.html#//apple%5Fref/doc/uid/DTS40007795
Hi, I tried it on a real ipod touch. No leak was reported. Probably just a simulator thing ...
have the same problem.. annoying.
In sim.. havent tried on device tho.
help?