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Asked: 2026-05-27T15:03:02+00:00

I have an object myObject in my UITableViewController set as one of its properties

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I have an object myObject in my UITableViewController set as one of its properties which I pass along to a custom UITableViewCell. I “pass it along” by then in turn setting it as a property on the cell. My question is, should this property on the UITableViewCell be weak or strong in iOS 5 using ARC?

I am confused because myObject is owned by the UITableViewController, which owns the UITableViewCell, which in turn has a reference to myObject. But there will never be a case where my UITableViewCell is alive without my UITableViewController being alive (which keeps myObject alive), so is there a need to have a strong pointer from the cell to the object?

I’m just slightly worried about circular references but there shouldn’t be one should there?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Probably only your controller should own the object strongly but your cell can retain it, too. It’s not a bug.

    Your strong references will be a tree, not a circle.

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