cocoa-design-patterns

Bad-practice to retain 'self'?

I have a simple query that I'd like cleared up by someone... Is it bad-practice to retain self? I have a server request object that I'd like to make. I'd like to be able to use it in the following fashion: ARequest *request = [ARequest request: someParam]; request.delegate = self; [request begin]; In order for the object not to self ...

UIPickerView in Iphone - Rotation Problem

Hi I have taken two picker view in a view and set height 160 for both through coding 160 is the minimum height for it I think and also set the flexible width (height is not flexible in IB) for both Now it show ok in Iphone simulator when it is vertically but not shown ok when it is horizontally due to height is not flexible. Is an...