I can't find any logical explanation, but the fact remains that, in iOS 5 (xCode 4.2), if I presentModalView:* animated:YES, I can call dismissModalViewAnimated:* fine, but if I call presentModalView:* animated:NO, then calling the dismiss method crashes. (This works the same if I use the new presentViewController:animated:completion: + dismissViewControllerAnimated:). I am going TRY to work around this for now (I don't want the presentation animated) and report a bug to Apple, but I have been beating my head on this for a while. Any and all suggestions are welcome. Not much out there on iOS 5, so please help if you can. Sample code that does not crash in iOS 4 or iOS 5:
LoginController *loginController = [[LoginController alloc] initWithNibName:@"LoginControllerGG" bundle:nil];
[self presentModalViewController:loginController animated:YES];
[loginController release];
...
[self dismissModalViewControllerAnimated:YES];
This will crash in iOS 5 with EXC_BAD_ACCESS on the dismiss call:
LoginController *loginController = [[LoginController alloc] initWithNibName:@"LoginControllerGG" bundle:nil];
[self presentModalViewController:loginController animated:NO];
[loginController release];
...
[self dismissModalViewControllerAnimated:YES]; //crashes with EXC_BAD _ACCESS
One note: I have an animation within the loginController that happens on viewDidLoad. Going to see if taking that out changes anything, but I wanted to get this out there since I need a solution asap.
[Edit] Full code flow... In AppDelegate, application:didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:
if (!loggedIn) [myViewController showLoginPanel];
In myViewController:
- (void)showLoginPanel {
LoginController *loginController = [[LoginController alloc] initWithNibName:@"LoginControllerGG" bundle:nil];
if ([self respondsToSelector:@selector(presentViewController:animated:completion:)]) {
[self presentViewController:loginController animated:NO completion:nil];
} else {
[self presentModalViewController:loginController animated:NO]; //iOS 4 works fine with or without animation
}
[loginController release];
}
In loginController:
- (IBAction)closeLoginWindow {
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] postNotificationName:@"CloseLoginWindow" object:nil];
} //doing it this way because calling on the self.parentViewController doesn't work
Back in myViewController:
- (void) viewDidLoad
...
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:@selector(closeLoginWindow) name:@"CloseLoginWindow" object:nil];
...
- (void)closeLoginWindow {
if ([self respondsToSelector:@selector(dismissViewControllerAnimated:completion:)]) {
[self dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:nil]; //iOS 5 crashes only if presentation was not animated
} else [self dismissModalViewControllerAnimated:YES]; //deleting the previous condition, iOS 5 still crashes if presentation was not animated
}
In iOS5 the managing of the lifecyle somehow changed and I cannot explain that issue in detail. Anyway, the fix is to postpone that workflow from applicationDidFinishLaunchingWithOptions to applicationDidBecomeActive. It seems that something isn't initialized right at the call of applicationDidFinishLaunchingWithOptions.
- (void)applicationDidFinishLaunchingWithOptions:... {
// in order to do this only at launching, but not on every activation
// Declaration as property for example
applicationDidLaunch = YES;
}
- (void) applicationDidBecomeActive:(UIApplication *)application {
if (applicationDidLaunch) {
applicationDidLaunch = NO;
[Start your login Workflow with modal view presenting here]
}
}
Curious to ur feedback :)....