Question

I have a section of my code which calls a method returning an NSMutableArray like so:

+(NSMutableArray *)method {

NSMutableArray *rgb = [[NSMutableArray alloc] initWithObjects:....., nil];

    return rgb;

}

It gives me a leak every time it’s called. Putting [rgb release]; after return doesn’t appear to work. Putting it before return makes my app crash. Also putting in an autorelease makes my app crash. Suggestions?

Answer 1

+(NSMutableArray *)method {
    NSMutableArray *rgb = [[NSMutableArray alloc] initWithObjects:....., nil];
    return [rgb autorelease];
}

Alternatively:

+(NSMutableArray *)method {
    NSMutableArray *rgb = [NSMutableArray arrayWithObjects:....., nil];
    return rgb;
}

IF this still crashes, then the problem is most likely outside of that method, not within.