Question

I have been writing an which works fine but I was testing it with Instruments for leaks and came across leaks from UIBarButtonContent here are the offending lines.

     UIButton *searchbutton =  [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
 [searchbutton setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"searchbutton.png"] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
 [searchbutton addTarget:self action:@selector(search) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
 [searchbutton setFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 29,29)];
 self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithCustomView:searchbutton];

Am I supposed to release searchButton or self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem anywhere.

Some help would be great.

Cheers

Answer 1

You need to release your UIBarButtonItem:

self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = [[[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithCustomView:searchbutton] autorelease];