ios - UIPopoverController and content ViewController - memory management question -
please check approach concerning release of both uipopovercontroller , loadviewcontroller - (ibaction) managecardsets:(uibarbuttonitem*)baritem { loadviewcontroller *loadviewcontroller = [[loadviewcontroller alloc] initwithstyle:uitableviewstyleplain]; self.loadpopover = [[uipopovercontroller alloc] initwithcontentviewcontroller:loadviewcontroller]; self.loadpopover.delegate = self; [self.loadpopover presentpopoverfrombarbuttonitem:baritem permittedarrowdirections:uipopoverarrowdirectiondown animated:yes]; [loadviewcontroller release]; } - (void)popovercontrollerdiddismisspopover:(uipopovercontroller *)popovercontroller { [popovercontroller.contentviewcontroller release]; self.loadpopover = nil; [_loadpopover release]; } as can see release loadviewcontroller twice , code works, no leaks, have doubts. if release once, dealloc not called in loadviewcontroller. if loadpopover property retain/copy, following line over-retaining ...