Resolving EXC_BAD_ACCESS Issue In Cocoa?

Question

---

Hey..i have the following method in cocoa..

-(void)startUploadWithContainerName:(NSString *)containerName
{
//Make an object of NSFileManager and Fetch an          


        

Answer 1

it's likely a reference count issue.

to diagnose:

• run the static analyzer
• fix all static analyzer issues
• test

still having problems after fixing the static analyzer results? no problem:

• in Instruments, you can enable zombie detection and record allocation history and reference counts.
• run your app, performing steps required to repro the issue
• Instruments will halt execution when a zombie is messaged.
• then find the allocation/object that was messaged and step through its lifetime/ref count history.

this makes locating over-released objects very easy to find (e.g. from hours in some cases to minutes).