objective-c

Correct way to clear/release an array of arrays

And again my array of arrays .... When I have an array "x" that contains multiple instances of an array "y", how do I clear/release it without risking memory leaks? are the following calls sufficient? (a) clearing the array [x removeAllObjects]; (b) releasing the array [x release]; or do I need to enumerate the array, such as: ...

Follow up viewDidUnload vs. dealloc question...

Clarification question as a follow up to: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2261972/what-exactly-must-i-do-in-viewdidunload http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1158788/when-should-i-release-objects-in-voidviewdidunload-rather-than-in-dealloc So let's say there's a low memory error, and the view is hidden, and viewDidUnload is called. ...

How to notify ViewController on parse end with multiple ViewControllers using a single parser.

Hello, I have created a RSS parser and 3 TableViews and it parses the RSS files fine but I don't know how to notify the TableViewController when parsing has ended so it can update the view. The TableViewController initiates the parser and the parsing of a feed. parser = [[RSSParser alloc] initWithURL:@"http://randomfeed.com"]; I can ...

NSCoding Serialization of iPhone NavigationController stack.

EDIT: I seem to have found something that's helped. I retained the ivar "stack" and now it seems to be working I have been serializing several custom NSObject classes without issue. Now I'd like to serialize my NavigationController stack. Each viewController only needs a couple of properties saved in order to rebuild the navigation ...

What exactly does "adopt a protocol" mean in the Objective-C / Cocoa documentation ?

I am a C# developer getting started on Objective-C / Cocoa Touch programming. I think I might have gotten some terms wrong because I keep thinking about them "the C# way". Specifically, I have come around the term "protocol" in various documentation and tutorials. In Objective-C, what exactly is a protocol ? Can it be compared to a C# i...

Change the width of the cell content

I want to change the width of the cell content. (see the pic) My code: CGSize contentViewSize = cell.contentView.bounds.size; contentViewSize.width = 20.0f; But there is no effect, what's wrong? Any suggestion will be appreciated, thanks. ...

Get notified when objective-c dom updates are ready initiated from webview

I am programmatically updating the DOM on a WebKit webview via DOMElement objects - for complex UI, there is usually a javascript component to any element that I add. This begs the need to be notified when the updates complete -- is there any such event? I know regular divs dont fire an onload or onready event, correct? The other assumpt...

What is wrong with my @synchronized block?

I have 2 threads in my application, a game update thread and render/IO/main thread. My update thread updates the game state, and the render thread renders the scene based on the updated values of the game state models and a few other variables stored inside an object (gameEngine). The render thread gets executed while the game thread is...

Debugger console is not opening

I have created a simple hello world application in xcode using the command line utility. When i click on Build and Run. program successfully builds. I can see a message at status bar "Debugging of HelloMac ended normally" But debugger console on which Hello World message should appear is not opening. ...

Is there a name for a pure-data Objective-C class?

This is less of a code-specific question and more of an Objective-C nomenclature question. In C you have struct for pure data. In Enterprise Java, you have "bean" classes that are purely member variables with getters and setters, but no business logic. In Adobe FLEX, you have "Value Objects". In Objective-C, is there a proper name ...

Is there any way to force an iPhone application to relaunch?

Basically -[UIApplication openURL:] would be perfect, if it wasn't for the fact that it doesn't work within the same application (at least on simulator -- if this works on device someone please tell me). It's not a super big deal though if it just relaunches w/o URLness since I can obviously just persist some data. The goal of this is ...

iPhone Prefix.pch best practices

I have seen many developers that add various convenience macros to the Prefix.pch of their iPhone project. What do (or don't) you recommend adding to the iPhone Prefix.pch file? What does your Prefix.pch look like? ...

How do I perform a flip and grow animation like in iPhoto 09?

I'm developing a Cocoa application and want to be able to click a button in one of the views in my NSCollectionView and have a details view flip open and position to the middle of the screen like it does in iPhoto 09 when you click the "i" in the bottom-right hand corner of a photo. The photo "flips" and grows, centered on the window to...

How do I remove 3 characters from the end of an NSURL?

Hey, my first question! I've been able to code up most of this RSS reader without enlisting help (through a lot of searches through stackoverflow!) but I'm stumped here. NSString *urlbase = [[NSString alloc] initWithFormat:[links3 objectAtIndex:indexPath.row]]; [[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:urlbase]];...

Objective-C Getter Memory Management

I'm fairly new to Objective-C and am not sure how to correctly deal with memory management in the following scenario: I have a Core Data Entity with a to-many relationship for the key "children". In order to access the children as an array, sorted by the column "position", I wrote the model class this way: @interface AbstractItem : NS...

More than just EXC_BAD_ACCESS ??

Is there a more detailed error to be found other than the console's EXC_BAD_ACCESS? Where/how can I see it? When my app crashes, I see tHE ERROR in thE XCode status bar, but thE console shoWS nothing else. WheRE do I see more info about what causes the crash? ...

Using a framework in a PreferencePane

Hi, i am currently trying to implement a "third party framework" (FeedbackReporter.Framework) into my preferencepane. Unfortunately I am getting the following error all the time when trying to launch my preference pane: 16.05.10 23:13:30 System Preferences[32645] dlopen_preflight failed with dlopen_preflight(/Users/me/Library/P...

How to format date from string?

I have a string with this value: 2010-05-13 23:17:29 I'd like to format it and am using the following code: NSDateFormatter *formatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init]; formatter.dateStyle = NSDateFormatterMediumStyle; NSDate *formattedDate = [formatter dateFromString:dateString]; [formatter release]; When the debugger reaches the ...

How can I get the common ancestor directory for two or more files in Cocoa/Obj-C?

I have a bunch of files, either NSStrings or NSURLs (it doesn't matter; they are, for the most part, interchangeable), and I need a way to find the common ancestor directory. Does anyone know how to do this? ...

TabBarController NavigationController with black backgroundbar

hello I've placed this code my applicationDidFinishLaunching method, to get a black Navigationbar. rootTabBarController.navigationController.navigationBar.barStyle = UIBarStyleBlackOpaque; rootTabBarController.moreNavigationController.navigationBar.barStyle = UIBarStyleBlackOpaque; its working fine, but when the user rearranges the ...