Memory leak when textInRange called

Hi,

In my app, I have a custom text view so I've implemented the UITextInput protocol to help me gather text from the keyboard.

I'm getting a strange memory leak when the method textInRange is called:

- (NSString *)textInRange:(UITextRange *)range

{

    if (self.keyboardInputAccessoryMenuView)

    {

        IndexedRange *r = (IndexedRange *)range;

        NSString *textString = self.labelView.labelTextView.text.string;

        

        if ([self rangeExists: r.range inString:textString])

        {

            return ([textString substringWithRange:r.range]);

        }

        else

        {

            return nil;

        }

    }

    else

    {

        return nil;

    }

}

"text" is an NSMutableAttributedString. The error exists at the following line:

return ([textString substringWithRange:r.range]);

This is the crash log I'm getting:

Crashed: com.apple.main-thread

 0  libsystem_platform.dylib       0x1e086f754 _platform_memmove + 340

1  CoreFoundation                 0x1942671cc __CFStringCreateImmutableFunnel3 + 2588

2  CoreFoundation                 0x19426b8a4 CFStringCreateWithSubstring + 524

3  CoreFoundation                 0x1941b24e0 -[__NSCFString substringWithRange:] + 164

4  Label Maker            0x102166604 -[LabelWindowView textInRange:] + 968 (LabelWindowView.m:968)

5  UIKit                          0x1e0b4bdb8 -[UITextInputUIResponderAccessibility accessibilityValue] + 172

6  UIAccessibility                0x1a85f7c40 -[NSObject(AXPrivCategory) _accessibilityPotentiallyAttributedValueForNonAttributedSelector:attributedSelector:] + 284

7  UIAccessibility                0x1a85f7ebc -[NSObject(AXPrivCategory) _accessibilityAXAttributedValue] + 48

8  UIAccessibility                0x1a85fdd10 -[NSObject(AXPrivCategory) _iosAccessibilityAttributeValue:] + 5516

9  UIAccessibility                0x1a862ebf8 _accessibilityAttributesForObject + 412

10 UIAccessibility                0x1a862e384 -[NSObject(UIAccessibilityAutomation) _accessibilityUserTestingSnapshotDescendantsWithAttributes:maxDepth:maxChildren:maxArrayCount:honorsModalViews:] + 888

11 UIAccessibility                0x1a862ff8c -[NSObject(UIAccessibilityAutomation) _accessibilityUserTestingSnapshotWithOptions:] + 1112

12 UIAccessibility                0x1a85fb8b0 -[NSObject(AXPrivCategory) _iosAccessibilityAttributeValue:forParameter:] + 11464

13 UIKit                          0x1e0abbae0 -[UIApplicationAccessibility _iosAccessibilityAttributeValue:forParameter:] + 308

14 UIAccessibility                0x1a85d6648 _copyParameterizedAttributeValueCallback + 408

15 AXRuntime                      0x1b3c50dd8 ___AXXMIGCopyParameterizedAttributeValue_block_invoke + 64

16 AXRuntime                      0x1b3c505e4 _handleNonMainThreadCallback + 68

17 AXRuntime                      0x1b3c50c60 _AXXMIGCopyParameterizedAttributeValue + 388

18 AXRuntime                      0x1b3c9f074 _XCopyParameterizedAttributeValue + 392

19 AXRuntime                      0x1b3c60200 mshMIGPerform + 272

20 CoreFoundation                 0x194245fe8 __CFRUNLOOP_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_A_SOURCE1_PERFORM_FUNCTION__ + 60

21 CoreFoundation                 0x194245378 __CFRunLoopDoSource1 + 596

22 CoreFoundation                 0x19423f08c __CFRunLoopRun + 2360

23 CoreFoundation                 0x19423e21c CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 600

24 GraphicsServices               0x1abe0a784 GSEventRunModal + 164

25 UIKitCore                      0x196c7eee8 -[UIApplication _run] + 1072

26 UIKitCore                      0x196c8475c UIApplicationMain + 168

27 Label Maker            0x102140100 main + 15 (main.m:15)

28 libdyld.dylib                  0x193efe6b0 start + 4

This code in this function works most of the time, but occasionally I get this bug out of nowhere and can't recreate it.

Can anyone offer any insight on this?

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What is the actual error that you are getting? This doesn't seem like a memory leak.

  • Hi, thanks for responding! I am getting:

    Crashed: com.apple.main-thread  EXC_BAD_ACCESS KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS 0x000000027fffffea

    If that's what you mean.

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I am getting:

Crashed: com.apple.main-thread  EXC_BAD_ACCESS KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS 0x000000027fffffea

If that's what you mean.

Well, that’s definitely not a memory leak (-:

Can you post an Apple crash report for this. Use the text attachment feature (click the paperclip icon and then choose Add File) to avoid clogging up the timeline.

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  • I don't know why I said memory leak, I meant dangling pointer. Will try and get an Apple crash report up, have to get it from a user.

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