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Originally Posted by Magic Hands

This is what I use, hopefully it helps:

//--------------------------Handles Picking--------------------------
-(void)openPicker 
{
	if([UIImagePickerController isSourceTypeAvailable:UIImagePickerControllerSourceTypePhotoLibrary]) 
	{
		UIImagePickerController *picker;
		picker = [[UIImagePickerController alloc]init];
		picker.sourceType = UIImagePickerControllerSourceTypePhotoLibrary;
		picker.allowsImageEditing = YES;
		picker.delegate = self;
		[self presentModalViewController:picker animated:YES];
	}
}

-(void)imagePickerController:(UIImagePickerController *) picker
	   didFinishPickingImage:(UIImage *)imag 
				 editingInfo:(NSDictionary *)editingInfo  
{
	
	someImage = imag;
        [someImage retain];
	//Call some method here that you want to call after they take the picture
	[[picker parentViewController] dismissModalViewControllerAnimated:YES];
}
-(void)imagePickerController:(UIImagePickerController *) picker 
{
	[[picker parentViewController] dismissModalViewControllerAnimated:YES];
}

-(UIImage*)getTheImage
{
	return  image;
}
-(void)setTheImage:(UIImage*)img
{
	image = [img retain];
}

Good luck!

Hi Multi Hands,

I just wanted to draw some more attention to your solution. I have been trying to sort out the use of the UIImagePickerController within my iPhone for about 6 months. I had read probably around 50 posts on the memory issues around this.

I read in lots of places about the app crashing after 5 pictures. However, my app would sometimes work and sometimes crash immediately (switching off the iphone and then back on often helped since it freed up memory).

I found your solution last night and tried it and it worked! I can now carry on with an app that I had stopped developing so thank you VERY much!

I think the fact you increase the referencing count by 1 (using the retain method) is what has fixed my code.

Brilliant and really appreciated,

Charlie