Question

    - (NSString *) geocodeAddressFromCoordinate:(CLLocationCoordinate2D)coordinate
    {
        CLLocation *location = [[CLLocation alloc]initWithLatitude:coordinate.latitude longitude:coordinate.longitude];
        __block NSMutableString * address = [NSMutableString string];  
        geocoder = [[CLGeocoder alloc]init];
        [geocoder reverseGeocodeLocation:location completionHandler:^(NSArray *placemarks, NSError *error) 
         {
             if (error) {     
                 NSLog(@"%@", [error localizedDescription]);
                 UIAlertView *alert = [[UIAlertView alloc]initWithTitle:@"No results were found" message:@"Try another search" delegate:self cancelButtonTitle:@"Cancel" otherButtonTitles:nil, nil];
                 alert.show;
                 return;
             }
             if ([placemarks count]>0) 
             {   
                 NSLog([placemarks description]);
                 CLPlacemark *placemark = [placemarks objectAtIndex:0];
                 NSLog(placemark.locality);
//This line makes an error
                 [address initWithString:placemark.locality];**
             }
         }];
        return address;
    }

Got following runtime error:

* Terminating app due to uncaught exception ‘NSInvalidArgumentException’, reason: ‘* initialization method
-initWithCharactersNoCopy:length:freeWhenDone: cannot be sent to an abstract object of class __NSCFString: Create a concrete instance!’

Answer 1

You should never call ‘initWithString:’ without a matching alloc. Looks more like what you want is [address setString:placemark.locality]