UITableView titleForHeaderInSection prints headers to console twice then crashes

Question

In the method below titleForHeaderInSection, for some reason the NSLog prints out the headers twice and then the app crashes in objc_msgSend. I can't understand why this would cause the app to crash?

It would seem from research that crashes in objc_msgSend are caused by sending messages to already freed objects, but is that the case here?

My sectionNames array is populated in viewDidLoad.

- (NSString *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView titleForHeaderInSection:(NSInteger)section {   

    NSString *title = nil;
    title=[sectionNames objectAtIndex:section];
    NSLog(title);
    return title;
}

Thanks

Answer 1

How are you populating your sectionNames array? It's possible that the array, not the string, is getting released prematurely.

UPDATE:

Your problem is that +arrayWithArray: creates an autoreleased array, which gets released when the current run loop finishes. You need to either retain sectionNames or use -initWithArray: