EXC_BAD_ACCESS when I change moviePlayer contentURL - objective-c

Question

In few words, my application is doing that :
1) My main view (RootViewController) has a buton when I tap on it, it displays the player (PlayerViewController) :
2) In my Player, I initialize the video I want to play
-> It's working good, my movie is display
My problem :
When I go back to my main view :
And I tap again on the button, I get a *Program received signal: “EXC_BAD_ACCESS”.*
If I comment self.player.contentURL = [self movieURL]; it's working, but when I let it, iI have this problem.
I read that it's due to null pointer or memory problem but I don't understand why it's working the first time and not the second time. I release my object in dealloc method.
Thanks for your help !
Bruno.
Here is my code :
Root View Controller
RootViewController.h
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#import "PlayerViewController.h"
#interface RootViewController : UIViewController {
IBOutlet UIButton * myButton;
}
#property (nonatomic,retain) IBOutlet UIButton * myButton;
-(IBAction)displayPlayer:(id)sender;
- (void) returnToRoot: (PlayerViewController *) controller;
#end
RootViewController.m
#import "RootViewController.h"
#implementation RootViewController
#synthesize myButton;
-(IBAction)displayPlayer:(id)sender
{
PlayerViewController *playerViewController = [[PlayerViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"PlayerViewController" bundle:nil];
playerViewController.delegate = self;
playerViewController.modalTransitionStyle = UIModalTransitionStyleFlipHorizontal;
[self presentModalViewController: playerViewController animated: YES];
[playerViewController release];
}
- (void) returnToRoot: (PlayerViewController *) controller
{
[self dismissModalViewControllerAnimated: YES];
}
- (void)viewDidUnload {
[super viewDidUnload];
}
- (void)dealloc {
[super dealloc];
}
#end
Player View Controller
PlayerViewController.h
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#import <MediaPlayer/MPMoviePlayerController.h>
#protocol PlayerViewControllerDelegate;
#interface PlayerViewController : UIViewController {
UIView *viewForMovie;
MPMoviePlayerController *player;
}
#property (nonatomic, assign) id <PlayerViewControllerDelegate> delegate;
#property (nonatomic, retain) IBOutlet UIView *viewForMovie;
#property (nonatomic, retain) MPMoviePlayerController *player;
- (NSURL *)movieURL;
-(IBAction)goBackToRoot:(id)sender;
#end
#protocol PlayerViewControllerDelegate
- (void) returnToRoot: (PlayerViewController *) controller;
#end
PlayerViewController.m
#import "PlayerViewController.h"
#implementation PlayerViewController
#synthesize player;
#synthesize viewForMovie;
#synthesize delegate;
- (void)dealloc {
[super dealloc];
[player release];
[viewForMovie release];
}
- (void)viewDidLoad {
[super viewDidLoad];
NSLog(#"viewDidLoad");
self.player = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] init];
[self.player autorelease];
self.player.view.frame = self.viewForMovie.bounds;
self.player.view.autoresizingMask =
UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleWidth |
UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleHeight;
[self.viewForMovie addSubview:player.view];
self.player.contentURL = [self movieURL];
[self.player play];
}
-(NSURL *)movieURL
{
NSBundle *bundle = [NSBundle mainBundle];
NSString *moviePath =
[bundle
pathForResource:#"myVideo"
ofType:#"mp4"];
if (moviePath) {
return [NSURL fileURLWithPath:moviePath];
} else {
return nil;
}
}
-(IBAction)goBackToRoot:(id)sender{
[self.delegate returnToRoot: self];
}
- (void)viewDidUnload {
[super viewDidUnload];
}
#end
Problem
The second time I call "displayPlayer" I had the EXC_BAD_ACCESS

Answer 1

I solved it !!!
I look on the MPMoviePlayerController to see what kind of variable is contentURL
(NSURL *)contentURL
It means I have also to liberate it.
I do that in my dealloc method putting a nil value:
-(void) dealloc {
[super dealloc];
self.player.contentURL = nil;
[player release];
[viewForMovie release];
}

Answer 2

If I comment self.player.contentURL =
[self movieURL]; it's working, but
when I let it, iI have this problem.
In that case, how is contentURL declared? Does the #property definition include copy or retain?