[self.view retain] is not working!

[lilzz]

when the camera shows up by [self presentModalViewControllericker1 animated:NO], the system automatically calls viewdidunload,

I don't want the view of viewcontroller being unloaded so I did [self.view retain] but it didn't work. It still got unloaded.

So, how can retain the view of the viewcontroller?

[Son of a Beach]

Are you sure that the retain count is your problem? It may just be that you no longer have a reference to the view. Ie, the view may well be retained, but is no longer pointed to by self.view (which may be nil, or something else, now).

[refreshe]

views are unloaded during a low memory warning. The modal probably triggers the warning.
You might be able to avoid the view unloading by not having the memory warning called on the controller (overriding didReceiveMemoryWarning and not calling super(?)), but it'd be better practice to handle the memory warning properly and letting your view unload, and then recreating when viewDidLoad is called again.