I have a MBProgressHUD that I allocate as follows:
self.progressHUD_ = [[[MBProgressHUD alloc] initWithView:self.view] autorelease];
if I call removeFromSuperview then would I have to call progressHUD release again? Also if I declare a property with something like this:
NSString * title_;
@property (nonatomic, retain) NSString * title_;
then it is guaranteed that in my dealloc I should have a release on title right?
No, you don't have to release it again. Views retain their subviews and release them again automatically when you call removeFromSuperview. As long as the view has been autoreleased when you attach it to the view, it will be released when it is removed from the view.
ReplyDeleteI didn't quite understand your second question, but yes, you have to release any properties of type "retain" or "copy" in your dealloc statement. You have to write those release statements manually, they aren't added automatically (unless you are using ARC of course, which I strongly recommend).
How is your progressHUD_ property defined? (btw, the ivar should have a trailing underscore, but not the property name).
ReplyDeleteIn case it is defined as (retain, whatever), you will have to release it again:
When you create it, its retainCount is +1.
When you assign it to your property, its retainCount will be increased by one.
When you add it as a subview to the parent view, its retainCount will be increased by one.
At some point, autorelease will eventually decrease it by 1, but the view and the property still hold on to it.
So you'll have to either set your property to nil or call release on the ivar in your dealloc method.
Also, you probably want to use copy instead of retain when defining an NSString property. And yes: you'll have to release it either way.