UIViewController -dealloc method not called

Question

I am working with Automatic Reference Counting. I have a custom UIViewController subclass and whenever I call -presentViewController: animated:completion

Answer 1

If you use -presentViewController:animated:completion: you are retaining the parentViewController every time you call this method. ModalViewControllers are simply pushed on top of the other ViewController.

ModalViewControllers are only designed for some kind of information / User Input and stuff like that. If you want to dealloc the ParentViewController you have to deal with your own implementation.