Object declaration in iPhone tableView

Question

Hi,

When i try to initialize an object inside the tableView:cellForRowAtIndexPath the simulator crashes. The code i used is

Claimant *tempClaimant = [[Claimant alloc] init];
tempClaimant = [appDelegate.arrRetailClaims objectAtIndex:0];
NSLog(@"Claimant Name is: %@",tempClaimant.ClaimantName);

Is there anything wrong with this. The same code works fine when written in a viewDidLoad method. Please help..

Thanks in advance, Shibin

Answer 1

First of all, there is no reason to allocate and initialize a new object if you just need a reference to an existing object that is in an array:

//Claimant *tempClaimant = [[Claimant alloc] init];
Claimant *tempClaimant = [appDelegate.arrRetailClaims objectAtIndex:0];

Next, make sure that the array and object exist as expected:

NSLog(@"array = %@ %d",appDelegate.arrRetailClaims,[appDelegate.arrRetailClaims count]);
NSLog(@"tempClaimant = %@",tempClaimant);
NSLog(@"Claimant Name is: %@",tempClaimant.ClaimantName);

Answer 2

It's possible that the property hasn't been allocated or has been released at some point to that you are messaging a un/deallocated instance.