EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV) - KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS - objective-c

I have uploaded the app and it get rejected saying
We found that your app crashed on iPad running iOS 7, which is not in compliance with the App Store Review Guidelines.
Well the time when I uploaded, iOS7 was not launched.
The crash report says
Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Subtype: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0xb1b1f20b
Thread 0 name: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
Thread 0 Crashed:
0 libobjc.A.dylib 0x3a2f5b26 objc_msgSend + 6
1 MapKit 0x30ca46a6 -[MKMapView mapViewDidFinishLoadingTiles:] + 46
2 VectorKit 0x376bbaf4 -[VKTileSource didFinishWithNetwork] + 68
3 VectorKit 0x376bc196 __32-[VKTileSource performDownload:]_block_invoke126 + 38
4 GeoServices 0x345b6fdc ___ZNK49-[GEOTileLoaderInternal _loadedTile:forKey:info:]66__49-[GEOTileLoaderInternal _loadedTile:forKey:info:]_block_invoke3$_1clERKN8LoadItem9RequesterE_block_invoke_2 + 52
5 libdispatch.dylib 0x3a7ddd78 _dispatch_call_block_and_release + 8
6 libdispatch.dylib 0x3a7ddd64 _dispatch_client_callout + 20
7 libdispatch.dylib 0x3a7e47bc _dispatch_main_queue_callback_4CF$VARIANT$mp + 264
8 CoreFoundation 0x2fab881c __CFRUNLOOP_IS_SERVICING_THE_MAIN_DISPATCH_QUEUE__ + 4
9 CoreFoundation 0x2fab70f0 __CFRunLoopRun + 1296
10 CoreFoundation 0x2fa21ce2 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 518
11 CoreFoundation 0x2fa21ac6 CFRunLoopRunInMode + 102
12 GraphicsServices 0x3471c27e GSEventRunModal + 134
13 UIKit 0x322c3a3c UIApplicationMain + 1132
In crash we see MapKit 0x30ca46a6 -[MKMapView mapViewDidFinishLoadingTiles:].
Is MapKit is giving problem?
For mapkit, below is what I have
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
self.title = #"Location";
// Do any additional setup after loading the view.
CLLocationCoordinate2D cords = {29.32511601390379, 48.08847418705136};
MKCoordinateSpan span = {0.008400,0.008400};
region = (MKCoordinateRegion) {cords,span};
mapView.showsUserLocation = YES;
[mapView setRegion:region animated:YES];
[mapView setDelegate:self];
DisplayMap *ann = [[DisplayMap alloc] init];
ann.coordinate = region.center;
[mapView addAnnotation:ann];
}
Also I don't have dealloc in mapkitviewcontroller. Is that fine? I am asking as this error is related to memory management.
My App was having 5 tabs. First 4 tabs are just UIWebView. For webview, I found that I didn't put webview in dealloc. Below is what I had in webview,
- (void)dealloc {
[super dealloc];
}
Right now I don't have iOS 7 on my xcode too. I need to download that, but thought to ask before here.
Note: All is working perfectly with iOS 6.
Any guesses why I am getting this error?

Did set the map view delegate to nil before navigating away from the page. Also I think there is some memory management issue with IOS maps. So It is better to release maps in the dealloc method.

When I put mapView in dealloc, the problem get solved.
On further investigation, also noticed that I didn't added title for DisplayMap.
DisplayMap *ann = [[DisplayMap alloc] init];
ann.title = #"My Location";

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NSSavePanel crash in sandbox app OS X 10.10

I'm using the NSSavePanel in OS X 10.10 in a sandboxed app to let the user choose the save location of a file (pretty standard), however the app crashes when i call:
NSSavePanel *panel = [NSSavePanel savePanel];
I get this in the debugger:
2014-10-14 18:22:16.019 Farm Hand[2807:942766] an error occurred while attempting to connect to listener 'com.apple.view-bridge': Connection interrupted
2014-10-14 18:22:16.020 Farm Hand[2807:942766] *** Assertion failure in +[NSXPCSharedListener connectionForListenerNamed:fromServiceNamed:], /SourceCache/ViewBridge/ViewBridge-99/NSXPCSharedListener.m:394
2014-10-14 18:22:16.023 Farm Hand[2807:942766] An uncaught exception was raised
2014-10-14 18:22:16.023 Farm Hand[2807:942766] NSXPCSharedListener unable to create endpoint for listener named com.apple.view-bridge
2014-10-14 18:22:16.023 Farm Hand[2807:942766] (
0 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff8880364c __exceptionPreprocess + 172
1 libobjc.A.dylib 0x00007fff9390e6de objc_exception_throw + 43
2 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff8880342a +[NSException raise:format:arguments:] + 106
3 Foundation 0x00007fff8a3a65b9 -[NSAssertionHandler handleFailureInMethod:object:file:lineNumber:description:] + 195
4 ViewBridge 0x00007fff964e40b8 +[NSXPCSharedListener connectionForListenerNamed:fromServiceNamed:] + 151
5 ViewBridge 0x00007fff964c2981 -[NSRemoteViewBase serviceMarshalConnection] + 286
6 ViewBridge 0x00007fff964c36ae -[NSRemoteViewBase advanceToConfigPhase:awaitingWindowRights:] + 414
7 ViewBridge 0x00007fff964d1f7b -[NSWindowCentricRemoteView advanceToConfigPhase] + 947
8 ViewBridge 0x00007fff964c4223 -[NSRemoteViewBase viewServiceMarshalProxy:withErrorHandler:] + 88
9 ViewBridge 0x00007fff964ba8a8 -[NSRemoteViewBase bridge] + 207
10 AppKit 0x00007fff8e859b9d -[NSVBSavePanel init] + 303
11 AppKit 0x00007fff8e5a8ec1 +[NSSavePanel newRemotePanel] + 301
12 AppKit 0x00007fff8e5a8f53 +[NSSavePanel _crunchyRawUnbonedPanel] + 74
13 Farm Hand 0x000000010009526d __40-[RHFlockHomeViewController exportTable]_block_invoke_3 + 109
14 libdispatch.dylib 0x00000001002202bb _dispatch_call_block_and_release + 12
15 libdispatch.dylib 0x000000010021ad43 _dispatch_client_callout + 8
16 libdispatch.dylib 0x0000000100229d9f _dispatch_main_queue_callback_4CF + 1370
17 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff88756c59 __CFRUNLOOP_IS_SERVICING_THE_MAIN_DISPATCH_QUEUE__ + 9
18 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff887132ef __CFRunLoopRun + 2159
19 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff88712838 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 296
20 HIToolbox 0x00007fff94ec743f RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 235
21 HIToolbox 0x00007fff94ec71ba ReceiveNextEventCommon + 431
22 HIToolbox 0x00007fff94ec6ffb _BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInModeWithFilter + 71
23 AppKit 0x00007fff8e006821 _DPSNextEvent + 964
24 AppKit 0x00007fff8e005fd0 -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 194
25 AppKit 0x00007fff8dff9f73 -[NSApplication run] + 594
26 AppKit 0x00007fff8dfe5424 NSApplicationMain + 1832
27 Farm Hand 0x0000000100010552 main + 34
28 libdyld.dylib 0x00007fff8d7e85c9 start + 1
)
2014-10-14 18:22:16.027 Farm Hand[2807:942766] *** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInternalInconsistencyException', reason: 'NSXPCSharedListener unable to create endpoint for listener named com.apple.view-bridge'
*** First throw call stack:
(
0 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff8880364c __exceptionPreprocess + 172
1 libobjc.A.dylib 0x00007fff9390e6de objc_exception_throw + 43
2 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff8880342a +[NSException raise:format:arguments:] + 106
3 Foundation 0x00007fff8a3a65b9 -[NSAssertionHandler handleFailureInMethod:object:file:lineNumber:description:] + 195
4 ViewBridge 0x00007fff964e40b8 +[NSXPCSharedListener connectionForListenerNamed:fromServiceNamed:] + 151
5 ViewBridge 0x00007fff964c2981 -[NSRemoteViewBase serviceMarshalConnection] + 286
6 ViewBridge 0x00007fff964c36ae -[NSRemoteViewBase advanceToConfigPhase:awaitingWindowRights:] + 414
7 ViewBridge 0x00007fff964d1f7b -[NSWindowCentricRemoteView advanceToConfigPhase] + 947
8 ViewBridge 0x00007fff964c4223 -[NSRemoteViewBase viewServiceMarshalProxy:withErrorHandler:] + 88
9 ViewBridge 0x00007fff964ba8a8 -[NSRemoteViewBase bridge] + 207
10 AppKit 0x00007fff8e859b9d -[NSVBSavePanel init] + 303
11 AppKit 0x00007fff8e5a8ec1 +[NSSavePanel newRemotePanel] + 301
12 AppKit 0x00007fff8e5a8f53 +[NSSavePanel _crunchyRawUnbonedPanel] + 74
13 Farm Hand 0x000000010009526d __40-[RHFlockHomeViewController exportTable]_block_invoke_3 + 109
14 libdispatch.dylib 0x00000001002202bb _dispatch_call_block_and_release + 12
15 libdispatch.dylib 0x000000010021ad43 _dispatch_client_callout + 8
16 libdispatch.dylib 0x0000000100229d9f _dispatch_main_queue_callback_4CF + 1370
17 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff88756c59 __CFRUNLOOP_IS_SERVICING_THE_MAIN_DISPATCH_QUEUE__ + 9
18 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff887132ef __CFRunLoopRun + 2159
19 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff88712838 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 296
20 HIToolbox 0x00007fff94ec743f RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 235
21 HIToolbox 0x00007fff94ec71ba ReceiveNextEventCommon + 431
22 HIToolbox 0x00007fff94ec6ffb _BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInModeWithFilter + 71
23 AppKit 0x00007fff8e006821 _DPSNextEvent + 964
24 AppKit 0x00007fff8e005fd0 -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 194
25 AppKit 0x00007fff8dff9f73 -[NSApplication run] + 594
26 AppKit 0x00007fff8dfe5424 NSApplicationMain + 1832
27 Farm Hand 0x0000000100010552 main + 34
28 libdyld.dylib 0x00007fff8d7e85c9 start + 1
)
libc++abi.dylib: terminating with uncaught exception of type NSException
This is my code in full:
if ([format isEqualToString:#".csv"]) {
loadingBar = [RHLoadingBar loadingBarWithMessage:#"Preparing File..."];
[loadingBar showModally];
[loadingBar start];
dispatch_async(dispatch_get_global_queue(DISPATCH_QUEUE_PRIORITY_DEFAULT, 0), ^{
NSString *string = [[RHFileController sharedController] CSVTableWithObject:sheepArrayController.arrangedObjects propertyKeys:#[#"tagNumber", #"ukNumber", #"age", #"breed", #"comments"] columnHeaders:#[#"Tag Number", #"UK Number", #"Age", #"Breed", #"Comments"]];
dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
[loadingBar stop];
[loadingBar dismiss];
NSSavePanel *panel = [NSSavePanel savePanel];
[panel beginSheetModalForWindow:[[NSApplication sharedApplication] mainWindow] completionHandler:^(NSInteger result) {
}];
});
});
}
Is this a known bug or is it something in my code? If it's a known bug can I get round it.
EDIT: This is how I'm getting around it until Apple fix it (thank's to #serren for the fix):
First uncheck the Is Initial Controller in your primary window controller (your App won't automatically launch the main window now).
Then:
In the AppDelegate.h:
#import <Cocoa/Cocoa.h>
#interface AppDelegate : NSObject <NSApplicationDelegate>
// Add strong reference to the root window controller
#property (strong) NSWindowController *rootController;
#end
Finally in AppDelegate.m implement applicationDidFinishLaunching: like so (remember to set your initial controller identifier, here mine is "HomeView"):
- (void)applicationDidFinishLaunching:(NSNotification *)aNotification
{
// Insert code here to initialize your application
// Show main window (to avoid powerbox bug)...
NSStoryboard *sb = [NSStoryboard storyboardWithName:#"Main" bundle:nil];
rootController = [sb instantiateControllerWithIdentifier:#"HomeView"];
[rootController showWindow:self];
// Other custom setup for your App...
}
This process will mean that the NSApplication's mainWindow property will be set to the rootController.window automatically. So if you want to get your main window at any time you can still call [[NSApplication sharedApplication] mainWindow]; Also the AppDelegate and the NSApplication singleton both have a strong reference to this window which is important (otherwise the window will be released and the App will crash).
Hope this helps for the time being.
Unfortunately the answer above had nothing to do with my scenario, as there were no ArrayControllers present on the screen creating the NSSavePanel.
One of the comments to the original question pointed me in the right direction though, which was to get rid of the custom WindowController subclass. When I did that, the panel appeared just fine. However, since that's not a great solution (in case you really want to keep your custom class), I kept digging..
FYI, I am using NSStoryboards and building the app for 10.10.
I noticed some weird behavior when I (temporarily) unchecked "Restorable" on my main window--every time the save panel appeared, a new main window of my app appeared. That led me to believe that my app delegate had a major disconnect with the primary window being shown--especially now with storyboards having a separate Application Scene and WindowController.
What I did:
Select my primary window controller and UNCHECK "Is Initial Controller" (i.e. there is no initial controller set for the storyboard)
In my app delegate, in applicationDidFinishLaunching:, I manually created the storyboard and loaded the window controller using instantiateControllerWithIdentifier:
I set the self.window to the created windowController.window property
I made self.window the key and order front (using makeKeyAndOrderFront:)
The app launches, loads the window as before, but now the save panel appears just fine. It also works with a custom windowController subclass.
Finally, as a bonus, I finally have the proper behavior when using applicationShouldTerminateAfterLastWindowClosed (being set to NO)
Short Description:
This look like a bug somehow related to ArrayController and perhaps any other similar controller for that mater or whatever it inherits or the bindings system in IB. Here is a simple code which demonstrates the problem in detail: https://www.dropbox.com/s/atwoc2hweh5fjk6/Bug.zip?dl=0
Long Description:
It looks like that something weird is going on inside the SDK.
In the example that I have provided I have a standard application generated with a standard Xcode 6.1 template. The application is sandboxed. Inside the application delegate we simply test if the NSSavePanel will fire without any problems. The ViewController declares a property called "array" which is later bound to an NSArrayController (see inside Main.storyboard).
If you launch the application in this setup you will see that the NSSavePanel fails. However, if we simply turn off the NSArrayController binding, the call to NSSavePanel miraculously work.
Therefore, it is safe to assume that this is nothing but a bad bug hidden underneath the latest SDK, which apple needs to fix.
Feel free to add the sample to your bug report to Apple.
Woraround:
It looks like if you disable the "Raises For Not Applicable Keys" option inside the array controller binding you get the application to work again without turning off the binding itself. This probably means that an exception is raised before setting up the sandbox connecting to the XPC service therefore making the application misbehave.
The proper fix will be for apple to put the XPC connection initialization code somewhere where it is guarded from weird errors and exceptions therefore ensuring that it is always working.
UPDATE
Based on serenn suggestion I use the following code to make my application behave as expected:
let sb = NSStoryboard(name: "Main", bundle: nil)!
// ---
rootWindowController = sb.instantiateControllerWithIdentifier("MainWindowController") as? NSWindowController
// ---
rootWindowController?.showWindow(self)
In my tests I find that rootWindowController?.showWindow(self) works better to show the window instead of makeKeyAndOrderFront because otherwise the segues don't get properly connected (popups, etc). This method works for me.
According to the App Sandbox Design Guide you should create your own subclass of NSDocument. NSDocument has its own method for presenting the save dialog:
The NSDocument class automatically works with Powerbox. NSDocument also provides support for keeping documents within your sandbox if the user moves them using the Finder.
Remember that the inheritance path of the NSOpenPanel and NSSavePanel classes is different when your app is sandboxed. See Open and Save Dialog Behavior with App Sandbox.
Because of this runtime difference, an NSOpenPanel or NSSavePanel object inherits fewer methods with App Sandbox. If you attempt to send a message to an NSOpenPanel or NSSavePanel object, and that method is defined in the NSPanel, NSWindow, or NSResponder classes, the system raises an exception. The Xcode compiler does not issue a warning or error to alert you to this runtime behavior.

iOS 7 bug or my bug in UIAlertView

I have got the following stack trace while my app crashes on tapping "OK" on a UIAlertView. Is it my fault or a iOS7 bug? I don't know how to fix this.
OS Version: iOS 7.0 (11A465)
Report Version: 104
Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Subtype: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x00000000
Triggered by Thread: 0
Thread 0 name: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
Thread 0 Crashed:
0 libobjc.A.dylib 0x39d50b36 objc_msgSend + 22
1 UIKit 0x3212e3da -[UIAlertView(Private) modalItem:shouldDismissForButtonAtIndex:] + 58
2 UIKit 0x31ed2036 -[_UIModalItemsCoordinator _notifyDelegateModalItem:tappedButtonAtIndex:] + 90
3 UIKit 0x31ed1f3e -[_UIModalItemAlertContentView tableView:didSelectRowAtIndexPath:] + 890
4 UIKit 0x31dd7326 -[UITableView _selectRowAtIndexPath:animated:scrollPosition:notifyDelegate:] + 1074
5 UIKit 0x31e8a24e -[UITableView _userSelectRowAtPendingSelectionIndexPath:] + 210
6 UIKit 0x31d3a96e _applyBlockToCFArrayCopiedToStack + 314
7 UIKit 0x31cb246e _afterCACommitHandler + 426
8 CoreFoundation 0x2f5141d2 __CFRUNLOOP_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_AN_OBSERVER_CALLBACK_FUNCTION__ + 18
9 CoreFoundation 0x2f511b74 __CFRunLoopDoObservers + 280
10 CoreFoundation 0x2f511eb6 __CFRunLoopRun + 726
11 CoreFoundation 0x2f47cce2 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 518
12 CoreFoundation 0x2f47cac6 CFRunLoopRunInMode + 102
13 GraphicsServices 0x3417727e GSEventRunModal + 134
14 UIKit 0x31d1ea3c UIApplicationMain + 1132
15 MyApp 0x000d8e5e 0xcb000 + 56926
16 libdyld.dylib 0x3a25dab4 start + 0
Alert view code
UIAlertView *av = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:#"Error"
message:[NSString stringWithFormat:#"Es ist ein Fehler aufgetreten: %#", [error localizedDescription]]
delegate:self
cancelButtonTitle:#"OK"
otherButtonTitles:nil];
[av show];
and I haven't defined a delegate method.
Stupid me, I just have to set the alert view's delegate to nil
Because the delegate of the UIAlertView is an assign property in UIAlertView. I think that it is Apple's fault. It should be a weak pointer in ARC. But it is an assign property so you need to set the any alert view's delegate to nil before destroying the delegate (most of the time a controller class got popped or navigated back). Read the .h file for UIAlertView about the delegate, you can find it is an assign property and someone commented after the declaration saying "//weak reference".
The best way to avoid problem with UIAlertView while using delegation is to
make instance of UIAlertView as iVar for delegate class. And after you should make delegate property of alertView as nil in dealloc of delegate class
#implementation YOUR_CLASS
{
UIAlertView *_alert;
}
- (void)dealloc
{
_alert.delegate = nil;
}
- (void)showAlertView
{
_alert = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:title message:message delegate:self cancelButtonTitle:#"OK" otherButtonTitles:nil];
[alert show];
}
The same approach is good enough for all old classes with assign-type delegates.
If you need to specify a delegate, doing a 'autorelease' on the alert view will also work.

NSTimer crashing my application

So I have an application which uses an NSTimer. The problem is that when the NSTimer runs, my application will crash with EXC_BAD_ACCESS. I only just started with objective-c so I don't know how to properly debug it. If I thought call the -(void)logIn{} with [self logIn]; the application will work.
My code:
.h
#interface DJ_WAppDelegate : NSObject {
NSTimer *loginTimer;
}
-(void)logIn;
#end
.m
- (void)applicationDidFinishLaunching:(NSNotification *)aNotification {
[self logIn]; // this works
loginTimer = [NSTimer scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval:5.0 target:self selector:#selector(logIn) userInfo:nil repeats:YES]; // this fails
}
- (void)logIn {
NSLog(#"Logging in...");
// if I comment out these 2 lines it works with the NSTimer!?... (I've would have more code below)
NSURL *loginConn = [NSURL URLWithString:[NSString stringWithFormat:#"some-website.com"]];
NSInteger loginReturn = [[NSString stringWithContentsOfURL:loginConn encoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding error:nil] intValue];
// when "loginReturn" return "OK" the timer (loginTimer) will be stopped with: [loginTimer invalidate];
// more code would be below... (which works!)
}
So the problem is with the NSURL it think.
Thanks for helping.
EDIT 1:
Here's the crash stack:
EException Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGBUS)
Exception Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE at 0x0000000000000020
Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
Application Specific Information:
objc_msgSend() selector name: respondsToSelector:
Thread 0 Crashed: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0 libobjc.A.dylib 0x9603bed7 objc_msgSend + 23
1 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x922ed5f2 _CFStringAppendFormatAndArgumentsAux + 3138
2 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x922ec979 _CFStringCreateWithFormatAndArgumentsAux + 105
3 com.apple.Foundation 0x9656ebfb -[NSPlaceholderString initWithFormat:locale:arguments:] + 163
4 com.apple.Foundation 0x9656eaae +[NSString stringWithFormat:] + 88
5 com.who.DJ-W 0x00001d56 -[DJ_WAppDelegate logIn] + 116 (DJ_WAppDelegate.m:108)
6 com.apple.Foundation 0x965b08d4 __NSFireTimer + 141
7 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x922ffadb __CFRunLoopRun + 8059
8 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x922fd464 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 452
9 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x922fd291 CFRunLoopRunInMode + 97
10 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x91646e04 RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 392
11 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x91646bb9 ReceiveNextEventCommon + 354
12 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x91646a3e BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInMode + 81
13 com.apple.AppKit 0x9265378d _DPSNextEvent + 847
14 com.apple.AppKit 0x92652fce -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 156
15 com.apple.AppKit 0x92615247 -[NSApplication run] + 821
16 com.apple.AppKit 0x9260d2d9 NSApplicationMain + 574
17 com.who.DJ-W 0x00001c92 start + 54
hope this helps... to find the error
EDIT 2:
With the Zombie Mode on I get this: *** -[CFString respondsToSelector:]: message sent to deallocated instance 0x46d550 I hope this helps.
EDIT 3:
To Ball: Here is the original URL (took away the domain here) /DJW/work.php?user=iBlackbirdi&udid=00000000-0000-1000-80005&key=660e5744e&cmd=slocau&type=get
There are several problems here:
djwLog is a class method so you should call it on the class not the instance
like this: [[self class] djwLog:#"foo bar"]
The URLFromString: method needs the string to contain a valid URL as specified by RFC 1808. Something along the lines of [NSURL URLFromString:#"http://example.com/foo"]
stringWithContentsOfURL:url… is a syncornous method. Unless you have this code running in a separate thread you should not use this. Look at NSURLConnection for a class to asynchronously load data from a URL. Using synchronized calls for this is a bad idea. Always.
intValue returns a signed integer. To get a NSInteger use integerValue. Also if you use stringWithContentsOfURL make sure to check if it's result is nil before calling
integerValue otherwise you might get a result of 0 if the URL call failed or did not return data. A real parser for the API you are calling would be a good idea in any case.
You're calling a class method as if it was an instance method:
[self djwLog:#"Logging in..."];
Since there is no instance-method named djwLog the application crashes. You should either call NSLog directly, make it an instance-method - or preferably make a macro for logging:
#ifdef DEBUG
# define DLog(...) NSLog(#"%s %#", __PRETTY_FUNCTION__, [NSString stringWithFormat:__VA_ARGS__])
#else
# define DLog(...) do { } while (0)
#endif
If you instead of NSLog write DLog - it will only be logging when DEBUG-flag has been defined. In addition to this, it will log the origin of the log message - so you can see which class/method the log entry came from.

NSWorkspaceDidTerminateApplicationNotification crashes

So some of my users are getting crashes, and I think iv'e tracked it down to the NSWorkspaceDidTerminateApplicationNotification, I can't reproduce the crash at all so I'm not sure where to go?
here is the generated crash log, maybe I'm missing something obvious:
Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x0000000000000010
Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
Application Specific Information:
objc_msgSend() selector name: invalidate
Thread 0 Crashed: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0 libobjc.A.dylib 0x00007fff816f211c objc_msgSend + 40
1 com.apple.Foundation 0x00007fff87ef58ea _nsnote_callback + 167
2 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x00007fff869b3000 __CFXNotificationPost + 1008
3 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x00007fff8699f578 _CFXNotificationPostNotification + 200
4 com.apple.Foundation 0x00007fff87eec84e -[NSNotificationCenter postNotificationName:object:userInfo:] + 101
5 com.apple.AppKit 0x00007fff878efb58 applicationStatusSubsystemCallback + 593
6 com.apple.LaunchServices 0x00007fff83523e6c LSScheduleNotificationReceiveMessageCallbackFunc(__CFMachPort*, void*, long, void*) + 184
7 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x00007fff869cf68e __CFMachPortPerform + 366
8 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x00007fff869a76e1 __CFRunLoopRun + 5201
9 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x00007fff869a5dbf CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 575
10 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x00007fff80ef07ee RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 333
11 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x00007fff80ef05f3 ReceiveNextEventCommon + 310
12 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x00007fff80ef04ac BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInMode + 59
13 com.apple.AppKit 0x00007fff87232e64 _DPSNextEvent + 718
14 com.apple.AppKit 0x00007fff872327a9 -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 155
15 com.apple.AppKit 0x00007fff871f848b -[NSApplication run] + 395
16 com.apple.AppKit 0x00007fff871f11a8 NSApplicationMain + 364
and here is the relevant code:
NSNotificationCenter *center = [[NSWorkspace sharedWorkspace] notificationCenter];
[center addObserver:self selector:#selector(appTerminated:) name:NSWorkspaceDidTerminateApplicationNotification object:nil];
- (void)appTerminated:(NSNotification *)note
{
NSString *app = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#", [[note userInfo] objectForKey:#"NSApplicationName"]];
if ([app isEqualToString:Somestring])
{
//do something here
}
}
}
If anyone could give me some pointers as to where to look, i'd be eternally grateful, I've been tearing my hair out for days now...
It looks like your window controller is getting deallocated while still being registered with the notification centre. You need to make sure the window controller is unregistered before deallocation. Otherwise, the notification centre will try to post a notification to a deallocated object, which can trigger an EXC_BAD_ACCESS exception.
For instance, in your window controller implementation:
- (void)dealloc {
[[[NSWorkspace sharedWorkspace] notificationCenter] removeObserver:self];
[super dealloc];
}
This will unregister the window controller with regard to every notification it’s registered with the notification centre.
Looks like a notification fired and tried to call an invalidate method on an object that has been deallocated. Turn on NSZombies and try again.

Array Initialization

The following code for initialization of array works ::
NSArray *array = [[NSArray alloc] initWithObjects:#"Toy Story 3",#"Inception",nil];
self.list = [array sortedArrayUsingSelector:#selector(compare:)];
[array release];
[super viewDidLoad];
But the following code doesnt. The iPhone Simulator Terminates as soon as I try to scroll the Table View which i used to view the array. (Only after i scroll onto empty tableViewCells)
NSBundle *bundle = [NSBundle mainBundle];
NSString *plistPath = [bundle pathForResource:#"MovieList" ofType:#"plist"];
NSMutableArray *array = [[NSMutableArray alloc] initWithContentsOfFile:plistPath];
NSLog([array objectAtIndex:1]);
self.list = [array sortedArrayUsingSelector:#selector(compare:)];
[array release];
[super viewDidLoad];
This was an example app from the Book "Beginning iPhone Development" by Dave Mark. In the example , they have initialized the array within the code, while i have tried to initialize it from a external file.
The console Log ::
2010-12-22 20:57:43.772 Nav[2474:40b] WARNING: Using legacy cell layout due to delegate implementation of tableView:accessoryTypeForRowWithIndexPath: in <RootViewController: 0x9908870>. Please remove your implementation of this method and set the cell properties accessoryType and/or editingAccessoryType to move to the new cell layout behavior. This method will no longer be called in a future release.
2010-12-22 20:58:12.480 Nav[2474:40b] WARNING: Using legacy cell layout due to delegate implementation of tableView:accessoryTypeForRowWithIndexPath: in <DisclosureButtonController: 0x9b32ab0>. Please remove your implementation of this method and set the cell properties accessoryType and/or editingAccessoryType to move to the new cell layout behavior. This method will no longer be called in a future release.
2010-12-22 20:59:13.299 Nav[2474:40b] -[UIDeviceRGBColor length]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x9b3d900
2010-12-22 20:59:13.301 Nav[2474:40b] *** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason: '-[UIDeviceRGBColor length]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x9b3d900'
*** Call stack at first throw:
(
0 CoreFoundation 0x00db2be9 __exceptionPreprocess + 185
1 libobjc.A.dylib 0x00f075c2 objc_exception_throw + 47
2 CoreFoundation 0x00db46fb -[NSObject(NSObject) doesNotRecognizeSelector:] + 187
3 CoreFoundation 0x00d24366 ___forwarding___ + 966
4 CoreFoundation 0x00d23f22 _CF_forwarding_prep_0 + 50
5 UIKit 0x0051a9ca -[UITableViewCellLayoutManager layoutSubviewsOfCell:] + 3424
6 UIKit 0x00482e02 -[UITableViewCell layoutSubviews] + 95
7 QuartzCore 0x01c70451 -[CALayer layoutSublayers] + 181
8 QuartzCore 0x01c7017c CALayerLayoutIfNeeded + 220
9 QuartzCore 0x01c6937c _ZN2CA7Context18commit_transactionEPNS_11TransactionE + 310
10 QuartzCore 0x01c690d0 _ZN2CA11Transaction6commitEv + 292
11 QuartzCore 0x01c997d5 _ZN2CA11Transaction17observer_callbackEP19__CFRunLoopObservermPv + 99
12 CoreFoundation 0x00d93fbb __CFRUNLOOP_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_AN_OBSERVER_CALLBACK_FUNCTION__ + 27
13 CoreFoundation 0x00d290e7 __CFRunLoopDoObservers + 295
14 CoreFoundation 0x00cf1bd7 __CFRunLoopRun + 1575
15 CoreFoundation 0x00cf1240 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 208
16 CoreFoundation 0x00cf1161 CFRunLoopRunInMode + 97
17 GraphicsServices 0x016e7268 GSEventRunModal + 217
18 GraphicsServices 0x016e732d GSEventRun + 115
19 UIKit 0x002ca42e UIApplicationMain + 1160
20 Nav 0x00002598 main + 102
21 Nav 0x00002529 start + 53
)
terminate called after throwing an instance of 'NSException'
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It sounds like this is a perfect job for the debugger, doesn't it? Why not set a breakpoint on the first line and make sure nothing is unexpectedly nil or out of bounds as you step through and inspect your variables? Perhaps paying attention to the error that's undoubtedly logged to the console might be helpful, too?
Given you've mentioned neither the line on which it terminates nor any log messages, this is about as specific as anyone can get.
The first argument to NSLog needs to be an NSString. The object you're passing to it appears to be part of the UIColor cluster. I suggest you change to:
NSLog(#"%#", [array objectAtIndex:1]);
So the first argument is definitely a string and it says just to print a description of whichever object is the next argument.