delegate method not getting called - objective-c

Question

I have looked at all the other questions with the same problem but I cannot seem to get my heard around it. I am pretty sure I have done everything correctly as this is not my first time using delegates.
//PDFView.h
#class PDFView;
#protocol PDFViewDelegate <NSObject>
-(void)trialwithPOints:(PDFView*)pdfview;
#end
#interface PDFView : UIView
#property (nonatomic, weak) id <PDFViewDelegate> delegate;
In the implementation file i am trying to call the delegate method from touchesMoved delegate of view
//PDFView.m
- (void)touchesMoved:(NSSet *)touches withEvent:(UIEvent *)event
{
[self.delegate trialwithPOints:self];
}
The class where the delegate method is implemented
//points.h
#import "PDFView.h"
#interface points : NSObject <PDFViewDelegate>
//points.m
//this is where the delegate is set
- (id)init
{
if ((self = [super init]))
{
pdfView = [[PDFView alloc]init];
pdfView.delegate = self;
}
return self;
}
-(void)trialwithPOints:(PDFView *)pdf
{
NSLog(#"THE DELEGATE METHOD CALLED TO PASS THE POINTS TO THE CLIENT");
}
So this is how i have written my delegate and somehow the delegate is nil and the delegate method is never called.
At the moment I am not doing anything with the delegate, I just want to see it working.
Any advices on this would be highly appreciated.

Answer 1

I think it is because you did not hold the reference to the instance of the delegate, and it got released because it is declared weak. You might be doing this:
pdfView.delegate = [[points alloc] init];
which you should fix to something like:
_points = [[points alloc] init];
pdfView.delegate = _points;
where _points is instance variable.