Memory management issues

[jetwilson]

Hi

I am fairly new to iPhone Development, the game I am creating is one of my first proper apps. I have just about finished work on it and am running through bugs and glitches.

I have been trying to make sure my app is as memory efficient as possible, however, I am aware that in reality it is terrible. Although the app runs fine on the latest iPod, I know that it is likely to crash on a previous gen iPod.

I would like to improve the memory management, however I unfortunately do not fully understand memory allocation and management after running my app through the 'Leaks' part of instruments It has become so confusing! Parts that I think are fine have come up as leaks and I cannot find a way to solve them!

Does anybody know of anywhere that can help me understand how to manage memory better and help me correct my code?

Thanks you for any help you can offer!

Jetwilson

[BrianSlick]

See the properties link in my signature, which also contains a link to Apple's documentation on the subject. A good reading of both will go a long way.

[jsd]

If you're on Snow Leopard, the new Xcode has a great "Build & Analyze" (command-shift-A) feature that will give you some very good pointers to possible problems with your app. You can get the same functionality on Leopard by downloading and running the CLANG Static Analyzer from the command line, but it's a little trickier to get going.

[jetwilson]

Wow, cool both of those will be very useful for me thank you!

Hopefully soon you will see my app in the app store!

Thanks again,

Jetwilson