Question

Hi in VC1 I have an NSMutableArray displaying results. I want to keep that array alive even when users clicks to a different tab (so they don’t have to search again) until the user searches again.

I have a strong pointer to it, but it seems to unload when I leave the view.

Not much code to show (_resultsArray is set from a previous controller using delegates, so it loads with the results already)

    - (void)viewDidLoad
    {
        [super viewDidLoad];
        _resultsTableView.dataSource=self;
        _resultsTableView.delegate=self;
        [self.navigationController.navigationBar setHidden:YES];
    }
//then standard tableview delegate methods...

This code is to try to figure out how to segue tab bar to share info.
(in prepareforsegue)

Currently in Search VC. Now I have results I want to give to resultsIndexVC. The code below attempts this.
This is placed in current (search VC) prepare for segue.

ResultsIndexViewController* vc = [[ResultsIndexViewController alloc] init];
        UITabBarController* tbc = [segue destinationViewController];
        vc = (ResultsIndexViewController *)[[tbc customizableViewControllers] objectAtIndex:1];
        vc.SearchDelegate=self;//crash here (normally works if using regular segue)
        vc.resultsArray = _temporaryResultsArray;
        vc.originalQuery=_queryArray;

Thanks

Answer 1

Issue is that I was pushing a VC. Instead I used the tabbar (which doesnt release the object when switching tabs)