I'm experiencing some kind of memory management issue. I have a subclass of UIViewController
and I set its view manually in order to have a reference back to the viewController
and to avoid reference cycle I use weak/unowned
.
Now the problem is , if I use unowned
I have a memory leak but if I use weak
I don't have one. I can't figure out why this happens?
update: It seems like it's a bug.
console output:
removing vc
view Controller deinitialized
custom view deinitialized
I'm using xcode 8.3.1
func application(_ application: UIApplication, didFinishLaunchingWithOptions launchOptions: [UIApplicationLaunchOptionsKey: Any]?) -> Bool {
window = UIWindow(frame: UIScreen.main.bounds)
window?.rootViewController = ViewController(nibName: nil, bundle: nil)
window?.makeKeyAndVisible()
DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + 5) {
print("removing vc")
self.window?.rootViewController = nil
}
return true
}
class ViewController: UIViewController {
override func loadView() {
view = CustomView(frame: .zero, vc: self)
view.backgroundColor = .red
}
deinit {
print("view Controller deinitialized")
}
}
class CustomView:UIView{
init(frame: CGRect , vc:ViewController) {
self.vc = vc
super.init(frame: frame)
}
required init?(coder aDecoder: NSCoder) {
fatalError("init(coder:) has not been implemented")
}
// weak var vc : ViewController! // no leak
unowned var vc : ViewController // leak
deinit {
print("custom view deinitialized")
}
}