ios singleton class crashes my app

Question

I have a problem with an singleton pattern.

I have read the following tutorials about singleton classes and have created my own. http://www.galloway.me.uk/utorials/sing

Answer 1

How about

@interface BPManager : NSObject
@property (nonatomic, copy) NSString *dbName;
@property (nonatomic, assign) int questions;
-(id) initWithDBName:(NSString*) dbName {
@end

#import "BPManager.h"
@implementation BPManager
@synthesize dbName=_dbName, questions;
+(BPManager *)singleton {
    static dispatch_once_t pred;
    static BPManager *shared = nil;
    dispatch_once(&pred, ^{
        shared = [[BPManager alloc] initWithDBName:@"database.db"];
    });
    return shared;
}
-(id) initWithDBName:(NSString*) dbName {
    self = [super init]
    if (self) self.dbName = dbName;
    return self;
}
-(void)dealloc {   
    [_dbName release];
    [super dealloc];
}
@end

BPManager *manager = [BPManager singleton];
int count = [manager questions];

The static is private to the implementation file but no reason it should be even accessible outside the singleton method. The init overrides the default implementation with the default implementation so it's useless. In Objective-C you name the getter with the var name (count), not getCount. Initializing a class twice causes an undefined behaviour. No need to synchronize or check for if==nil when you are already using dispatch_once, see Care and Feeding of Singletons. NSString should always use copy instead retain in @property. You don't need the dealloc because this is going to be active forever while your app is running, but it's just there in case you want to use this class as a non singleton . And you probably are as good with this class being an ivar in your delegate instead a singleton, but you can have it both ways.