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Re: Does [NSApp setApplicationIconImage] leak memory?



On Thu, 7 Aug 2008 20:14:04 +0100, Mark Allan <email@hidden>
said:
>Hi all,
>
>Before I file a bug report against this, I just thought I'd check I'm
>not being monumentally stupid first!
>
>I'm trying to animate my app's Dock icon, which works fine and looks
>great, but unfortunately, it appears to leak memory like crazy.
>Every time I call [NSApp setApplicationIconImage:(NSImage *)] and
>pass it pointer to an existing image, it leaks more memory.

Wrap each call to setApplicationIconImage in an autorelease pool creation
and release, like this:

        NSAutoreleasePool *pool = [[NSAutoreleasePool alloc] init];
        [NSApp setApplicationIconImage: whatever];
        [pool release];

I think you'll find that solves the problem.

m.
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