Question

Ok I want to add a UIImageView as a subview and then remove it after a couple of seconds in the way a splash screen works. I found three different approaches to do it but I can not understand which one is the best approach according to Objective-C and Apple.

Below are the three different approaches:

1)
In my MyAppDelegate.h

@interface MyAppDelegate : NSObject <UIApplicationDelegate> {

    MyViewController *myViewController;
    UIImageView *myImageView;
}


@property (nonatomic, retain) IBOutlet MyViewController *myViewController;
@property (nonatomic, retain) IBOutlet UIWindow *window;

@end

and in MyAppDelegate.m

   - (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions
{
    myImageView =[[UIImageView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0.0,0.0,self.window.frame.size.width,self.window.frame.size.height)];

        myImageView.image=[UIImage imageNamed:@"Yoga.png"];


    [self.window addSubview:myImageView ];
    [self.window bringSubviewToFront:myImageView];

    [self performSelector:@selector(removeImage) withObject:nil afterDelay:2.5];

    return YES;
}

-(void) removeImage
{
    [myImageView removeFromSuperview];

    [myImageView release];

    [self.window addSubview:myViewController.view];
    [self.window makeKeyAndVisible];
}

2) in the second approach:

In my MyAppDelegate.h


@interface MyAppDelegate : NSObject <UIApplicationDelegate> {

    MyViewController *myViewController;
    UIImageView *myImageView;
}

@property (nonatomic, retain) IBOutlet UIImageView *myImageView;

@property (nonatomic, retain) IBOutlet MyViewController *myViewController;
@property (nonatomic, retain) IBOutlet UIWindow *window;

@end

and in MyAppDelegate.m

@synthesize myImageView;

   - (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions
{
    myImageView =[[UIImageView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0.0,0.0,self.window.frame.size.width,self.window.frame.size.height)];

        myImageView.image=[UIImage imageNamed:@"Yoga.png"];


    [self.window addSubview:myImageView ];
    [self.window bringSubviewToFront:myImageView];

    [self performSelector:@selector(removeImage) withObject:nil afterDelay:2.5];

    return YES;
}

-(void) removeImage
{
    [myImageView removeFromSuperview];

    [myImageView release];

    [self.window addSubview:myViewController.view];
    [self.window makeKeyAndVisible];
}

- (void)dealloc
{
    [myViewController release];
    [myImageView release];
 }

3) in the third approach:

In my MyAppDelegate.h


@interface MyAppDelegate : NSObject <UIApplicationDelegate> {

    MyViewController *myViewController;

}

@property (nonatomic, retain) IBOutlet MyViewController *myViewController;
@property (nonatomic, retain) IBOutlet UIWindow *window;

@end

and in MyAppDelegate.m

   - (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions
{
    UIImageView *myImageView =[[UIImageView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0.0,0.0,self.window.frame.size.width,self.window.frame.size.height)];

    myImageView.image=[UIImage imageNamed:@"Yoga.png"];
    myImageView.tag=22;    

    [self.window addSubview:myImageView ];

    [myImageView release];

    [self.window bringSubviewToFront:myImageView];

    [self performSelector:@selector(removeImage) withObject:nil afterDelay:2.5];

    return YES;
}

-(void) removeImage
{

    for (UIView *subview in [self.view subviews]) {

    if (subview.tag == 22){

        [subview removeFromSuperview];

    }

}
    [self.window addSubview:myViewController.view];
    [self.window makeKeyAndVisible];
}

- (void)dealloc
{
    [myViewController release];

 }

So to sum up.. The first approach does not use a property for the UIImage only a variable, the second one uses a property and the third one just creates the UIImage and adds it as a subview and then removes it based on its tag..

Which is the right approach to follow..I believe that all three options sound right.. But is there any certain way I should follow. Is any of these options better in terms of memory and performance?

Thanks in advance,

Andreas

Answer 1

If you are not going to use the image again, there is no need to keep a pointer to it. Further, if you use IBOutlet, you need to add the view in IB as well. In this specific example I would say option 3 makes the most sence, especially considering that with this choice you can began with a standard “view based application” template and just add the bits about the image view and leave the rest alone. One last observation of choice 3 though; the 2 messages to window;

 [self.window addSubview:myViewController.view];

 [self.window makeKeyAndVisible];

Appear to be outside the scope of any method. This is likely just a copy and paste error, but make note that they should located within “didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:”