Why is my object's weak delegate property nil in my unit tests?

Question

I have a pretty simple setup for this unit test. I have a class that has a delegate property:

@interface MyClass : NSObject
...
@property (nonatomic, weak) i         


        

Answer 1

This is a bug in the iOS runtime. The following discussion has more detail. In a nutshell, the iOS ARC runtime can't seem to handle weak references to proxies. The OSX runtime can.

http://www.mulle-kybernetik.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=252

As far as I understand from the discussion a bug report has been filed with Apple. If anyone has a sensible idea for a workaround...