Threats to iPhone UIImageView Animations

Question

I'm having problems with the UIImageView animation. I created three NSArray objects containing images, and created three methods that take a UIImageView and assign new animations to it. It works fantastically, calling one of three methods for the first time, but another time the simulator and device crash. Any ideas?

// Implement viewDidLoad to do additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.
- (void)viewDidLoad {

// set the anims
slowAnimation = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:
                    [UIImage imageNamed:@"image1.jpg"],
                    [UIImage imageNamed:@"image2.jpg"],
                                nil];
defaultAnimation = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:
                    [UIImage imageNamed:@"image3.jpg"],
                    [UIImage imageNamed:@"image4.jpg"],
                        nil];
fastAnimation = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:
                    [UIImage imageNamed:@"image5.jpg"],
                    [UIImage imageNamed:@"image6.jpg"],
                    nil];

// load the default speed - this works once, but when applied a second time it crashes the simulator and device
[self setDefaultAnim:myUIImageViewObject];

[super viewDidLoad];
}


// animation switcher
-(void)setSlowAnim:(UIImageView *)imageView
{
    [imageView stopAnimating];
    imageView.animationImages = slowAnimation;
    imageView.animationDuration = 0.4;
    [imageView startAnimating];
}
-(void)setDefaultAnim:(UIImageView *)imageView
{
    [imageView stopAnimating];
    imageView.animationImages = defaultAnimation;
    imageView.animationDuration = 0.4;
        [imageView startAnimating];
}
-(void)setFastAnim:(UIImageView *)imageView
{
    [imageView stopAnimating];
    imageView.animationImages = fastAnimation;
    imageView.animationDuration = 0.4;
   [imageView startAnimating];
}

Error in the log:

[Session started at 2009-04-06 22:46:54 +0100.]
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This GDB was configured as "i386-apple-darwin".warning: Unable to read symbols for "/System/Library/Frameworks/UIKit.framework/UIKit" (file not found).
warning: Unable to read symbols from "UIKit" (not yet mapped into memory).
warning: Unable to read symbols for "/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreGraphics.framework/CoreGraphics" (file not found).
warning: Unable to read symbols from "CoreGraphics" (not yet mapped into memory).
Program loaded.
sharedlibrary apply-load-rules all
Attaching to program: `/Users/hello/Library/Application Support/iPhone Simulator/User/Applications/6DB7C45D-1A26-4775-9AE3-C30F3EBC9F83/PlateSpinner.app/PlateSpinner', process 345.
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The Debugger has exited with status 0.

Answer 1

I think you need retainto create three arrays in viewDidLoad- you will never name allocthem, so you do not have ownership until you name them retain.

Answer 2

, , initWithObjects:

slowAnimation = [[NSArray alloc] initWithObjects:
                                  [UIImage imageNamed:@"image1.jpg"],
                                  [UIImage imageNamed:@"image2.jpg"],
                                  nil];

Answer 3

If you do what Lounges offers, note that you will need to release the slowAnimation object later. Since you assigned it, it will have a storage counter of 1 until someone reports it otherwise.