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Asked: 2026-06-12T07:49:44+00:00

I have a UIButton that is linked to some code that invokes UIPrintInteractionController to

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I have a UIButton that is linked to some code that invokes UIPrintInteractionController to print a PDF document.

If I tap the button, the view pops up to let me select a printer and then print the document. However, if I tap outside the view to dismiss the popup, and then quickly tap the “Print” button again, I get the following crash:

[NSConcreteData respondsToSelector:]: message sent to deallocated instance 0xa4696d0

I have debugged with NSZombies enabled, and the crash occurs at this line:

printController.printingItem = dataToPrint;

dataToPrint is instantiated in the same method but prior to this printController line:

NSData *dataToPrint = [NSData dataWithContentsOfFile:pdfFileName];

This crash only occurs if I tap quickly, if I give it a second, everything goes smoothly.

Anyone have any idea what this could be?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Make ‘dataToPrint’ a strong ivar, and only nil it when you are 100% sure it won’t be used again. Most likely the ‘printController.printingItem’ retains it, but when you dismiss the popup it gets released before the ‘Print’ button is hit again.

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