NSMutableArray alloc and init not working properly

Question

I've been coding for a while now but seem to be getting this issue regularly which never occurred before. When trying to init arrays / dictionaries they always show as empty even though I'm sure they are being initialised correctly.

This is simply an NSMutableArray which I @property (nonatomic, retain) and @synthesize. Can anyone tell me why this would be happening as I've noticed it happening in places where it wasn't before. Could this simply be the prediction/intellisense displaying incorrect information, and if so how can I fix it?

Thanks in advanced, Elliott

Answer 1

Try to type po self.pickerObjects in console (and Enter). Xcode may not show actual info sometimes. You code looks good, i think it's just an Xcode glitch).

Answer 2

Yes I have noticed something like that. NSLog pickerObjects, and see what happens.

NSLog(@"%@", self.pickerObjects);

Answer 3

if i'm not mistaken..this is because you have your array as class property instead of instance variable

remove @property and @synthesize and call it as pickerObjects = [........]

to use self.pickerObjects you first need to alloc and init your view (what you're doing there is calling a class property..and you haven't inited your class)

(does that make sence?)

i'm not very good with explaining...but this is the problem..try that and see what happens