Question

I have the following code which adds a label into a footer of a UITableView, so that I can format the text (white, etc.)

It works ok, but it gives me a leak warning for the “headerLabel” when analyzing it on the line with the “return”

        // create the parent view that will hold header Label
UIView* customView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0.0, 15.0, 300.0, 44.0)];

    // create the button object
UILabel * headerLabel = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectZero];
headerLabel.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
headerLabel.opaque = NO;
headerLabel.textColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
headerLabel.highlightedTextColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
headerLabel.font = [UIFont systemFontOfSize:14];
headerLabel.textAlignment=UITextAlignmentCenter;
headerLabel.frame = CGRectMake(10.0, 0.0, 300.0, 75.0);
headerLabel.numberOfLines=4;

if (section==0) {

    headerLabel.text = @"If turned off, the last used settings will be used on the next session\n\n"; // i.e. array element

}


[customView addSubview:headerLabel];

    //[headerLabel release];

return customView;
    // [customView release];

I’ve tried to put the release here and there, but it’s always the same.

I’d appreciate some feedback from you guys.

Answer 1

try

[headerLabel release];
return [customView autorelease];