why can't I set a new instance's delegate as self?

Question

I have a uipickerview, which appears with an ActionSheet. All this is in a class "MultiPicker". I create a new instance from "FirstViewController" this way:

multiPicker *multiPic = [[multiPicker alloc]init];
multiPic.delegate = self;

[multiPic action:aRunIndex];

And inside "multiPicker", in "action:"

    UIActionSheet *actionSheet = [[UIActionSheet alloc] initWithTitle:title          delegate:otroDelegate cancelButtonTitle:nil destructiveButtonTitle:@"Cancel" otherButtonTitles:@"Done", nil];

 UIPickerView *pickerView = [[[UIPickerView alloc] init] autorelease];
 pickerView.tag = 101;
 pickerView.delegate = self;
 pickerView.dataSource = self;
 pickerView.showsSelectionIndicator = YES;

 [actionSheet addSubview:pickerView];
 [actionSheet showInView:self.view];

I need "FirstViewController" when MultiPicker finishes, so I can update a table in FirstView. I tried setting a new delegate to MultiPicker so, it tells FirstView when it finishes. But the instruction "multipic.delegate = self" in the first piece of code mades the app crash and says "Terminating due to uncaught exception".

If I simply put all "MultiPicker" code inside FirstViewController class, not in a separate one, the action sheet stay blocked when I try to push a button different from "Cancel"

Any idea?

Thank u

Answer 1

1. be sure that your class 'self' implement the require protocol
2. protocols have optional and required methods you must implement all required methods of delegate 'protocol' in you class 'self'