Question

I have two classes:

• RootViewController.h
• RootViewController.m

In my RootViewController.h

// in .h file 
UITextField* myTextField_;

@property (nonatomic, retain) UITextField* myTextField.

In my RootViewController.m

// in .m file
@synthesize myTextField = myTextField_

// in dealloc
[myTextField_ release]


// in viewDidLoad
UITextField* tf  = [[UITextField alloc] init] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(200,6,100,30)];
[nameTextField_ = tf];
[tf release]

My question is,
Does that create any memory leaks? Or will that crash? Are there better ways to create an instance of UITextField so I keep a reference to it? Perhaps

myTextField_ = [[UITextField alloc] init] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(200,6,100,30)];

would that be sufficient?

Answer 1

The simpliest way is to do this like this:

.h:

UITextField *myTextField;
@property (nonatomic, retain) UITextField *myTextField;

.m

@synthesize myTextField;

- (void)viewDidLoad {
    myTextField = [[UITextField alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(200,6,100,30)];
}

- (void)dealloc {
    [myTextField release];
}

You will have one instance which is allocated and released in most clean way and you will have reference to this textfield all the time.