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10 iPhone Memory
Management Tips
Adrian Kosmaczewski
January 28th, 2009
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http://kosmaczewski.net/
2009/01/28/
10-iphone-memory-management-tips/
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Facts
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128 MB RAM
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128 MB RAM
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128 MB RAM
~ 40 MB for you!
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Garbage Collection
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Garbage Collection
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[ alloc | copy | retain]
[ release ]
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[ alloc | copy | retain]
[ release ]
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http://cocoadevcentral.com/d/learn_objectivec/
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Objects on the heap
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// C++ automatic object on the stack
// Memory freed when out of scope
std::string name(“Adrian”);
// C++ object on the heap
std::string *name = NULL;
name = new std::string(“Adrian”);
delete name;
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... autorelease];
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Virtual Memory
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Virtual Memory
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Tips
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1) Respond to
Memory Warnings
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- (void)didReceiveMemoryWarning
{
[super didReceiveMemoryWarning];
}
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- (void)applicationDidReceiveMemoryWarning:(UIApplication *)app
{
[[ImageCache sharedImageCache] removeAllImagesInMemory];
}
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NSNotificationCenter *center = [NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter];
[center addObserver:self
selector:@selector(whatever:)
name:UIApplicationDidReceiveMemoryWarningNotification
object:nil];
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2) Avoid Autoreleased
Objects
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(when possible)
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// Instead of
NSString *string = [NSString
stringWithFormat:@"value = %d", var];
// use
NSString *string = [[NSString alloc]
initWithFormat:@"value = %d", var];
...
[string release];
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NSAutoreleasePool *pool =
[[NSAutoreleasePool alloc] init];
for (id item in array)
{
id anotherItem = [item create];
[anotherItem doSomethingWithIt];
}
[pool release];
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3) Load Lazily and
Reuse
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- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView
didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
Item *item = [items objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
if (detailController == nil)
{
detailController = [[DetailController alloc] init];
}
detailController.item = item;
[self.navigationController
pushViewController:detailController
animated:YES];
}
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viewWillAppear:
viewDidDisappear:
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tabBarController:didSelectViewController:
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4) Avoid UIImage’s
imageNamed:
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http://www.alexcurylo.com/blog/2009/01/13/
imagenamed-is-evil/
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@implementation UIImage (AKLoadingExtension)
+ (UIImage *)newImageFromResource:(NSString *)filename
{
NSString *imageFile = [[NSString alloc] initWithFormat:@"%@/%@",
[[NSBundle mainBundle] resourcePath], filename];
UIImage *image = nil;
image = [[UIImage alloc] initWithContentsOfFile:imageFile];
[imageFile release];
return image;
}
@end
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#import
@interface ImageCache : NSObject
{
@private
NSMutableArray *keyArray;
NSMutableDictionary *memoryCache;
NSFileManager *fileManager;
}
+ (ImageCache *)sharedImageCache;
- (UIImage *)imageForKey:(NSString *)key;
- (BOOL)hasImageWithKey:(NSString *)key;
- (void)storeImage:(UIImage *)image withKey:(NSString *)key;
- (BOOL)imageExistsInMemory:(NSString *)key;
- (BOOL)imageExistsInDisk:(NSString *)key;
- (NSUInteger)countImagesInMemory;
- (NSUInteger)countImagesInDisk;
- (void)removeImageWithKey:(NSString *)key;
- (void)removeAllImages;
- (void)removeAllImagesInMemory;
- (void)removeOldImages;
@end
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- (void)applicationDidReceiveMemoryWarning:(UIApplication *)app
{
[[ImageCache sharedImageCache] removeAllImagesInMemory];
}
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http://kosmaczewski.net/projects/iphone-image-cache/
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5) Build Custom Table
Cells and Reuse Them
Properly
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- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView
cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
Item *item = [items objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
static NSString *identifier = @"ItemCell";
ItemCell *cell = (ItemCell *)[tableView
dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:identifier];
if (cell == nil)
{
cell = [[[ItemCell alloc] initWithIdentifier:identifier]
autorelease];
}
cell.item = item;
return cell;
}
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6) Override Setters
Properly
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@interface SomeClass
{
@private
NSArray *items;
NSString *name;
id delegate;
}
@property (nonatomic, retain) NSArray *items;
@property (nonatomic, copy) NSString *name;
@property (nonatomic, assign) id delegate;
@end
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- (void)setItems:(NSArray *)obj
{
if (obj == items)
{
return; // (merci Marco! :)
}
[items release];
items = nil;
items = [obj retain];
if (items != nil)
{
// create the internal
// structure of the cell
// if not present,
// and change the
// widget values
}
}
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- (void)setName:(NSString *)obj
{
[name release];
name = nil;
// I always copy NSStrings!
name = [obj copy];
if (name != nil)
{
// create the internal
// structure of the cell
// if not present,
// and change the
// widget values
}
}
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- (void)setDelegate:(id)obj
{
// do not retain!
// This is an "assign" property
delegate = obj;
if (delegate != nil)
{
// create the internal
// structure of the cell
// if not present,
// and change the
// widget values
}
}
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7) Beware of Delegation
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@interface SomeClass
{
@private
Widget *widget;
}
@end
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@implementation SomeClass
- (id)init
{
if (id = [super init])
{
widget = [[Widget alloc] init];
widget.delegate = self;
}
return self;
}
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- (void)dealloc
{
// widget might be retained by someone else!
widget.delegate = nil;
[widget release];
widget = nil;
}
#pragma mark -
#pragma mark WidgetDelegate methods
- (void)widget:(Widget *)obj method:(BOOL)value
{
// and here something happens...
}
@end
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8) Use Instruments
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9) Use a Static Analysis
Tool
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http://clang.llvm.org/StaticAnalysis.html
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scan-build -k -V xcodebuild -configuration Debug
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10) Use
NSZombieEnabled
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Thanks!
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Questions?
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