My understanding is this, a diagram I made to visualize the process, http://drowland.net/iOS%20Class/View%20Controller%20unloading.pdf
On Oct 13, 2011, at 8:02 AM, Fritz Anderson wrote: > On 12 Oct 2011, at 5:39 PM, Rick Mann wrote: > >> I can't tell from the docs for -viewDidUnload if it is not guaranteed to be >> called when cleaning up. It does say that it's called for low-memory >> situations, but also says it's called as a counterpart to -viewDidLoad, >> which is always called when a view controller is created. > > The docs say specifically: >> When a low-memory condition occurs and the current view controller’s views >> are not needed, the system may opt to remove those views from memory. > > It doesn't refer to any other scenario, and given that the recommendation is > that -viewDidUnload do many of the same releases (+ plus nil-outs) as would > be done in -dealloc, I take it that low-memory (and therefore -viewDidUnload) > and deallocation are separate paths. > > — F > > _______________________________________________ > > Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) > > Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. > Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com > > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/rowlandd%40sbcglobal.net > > This email sent to rowla...@sbcglobal.net _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
