NSTimer disables dealloc in UIView

Question

@interface someview:UIView{
  NSTimer* timer;
}
@end

@implementation someview

-(void)dealloc{
  NSLog(@\"dealloc someview\");
  [timer invalidate];
  timer = nil;
}
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Answer 1

I think the best solution when using an NSTimer inside of a UIView is to override the removeFromSuperview method;

- (void)removeFromSuperview
{
    [timer invalidate];
    timer = nil;

    [super removeFromSuperview];
}

The only thing to keep in mind here is that you need to ensure that timer is not a nil object because removeFromSuperview can also get automatically called from other UIView's super dealloc methods. You could wrap in a conditional to check.