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user3797886
user3797886

Reputation: 339

How to fix memory leak from SKEmitterNode?

I am a beginner with Xcode's sprite-kit programming a game for the iPhone. I am having an issue with the SKEmitterNode. Specifically it looks like I have an unbounded memory leak every time the following SKEmitterNode is added even though I use the removeFromParent SKAction. Anyone have a solution to this? Thanks

SKEmitterNode *_EmitterShatterApart; 
...
-(void)ShatterApart
    {
    SKAction *fadeaway = [SKAction fadeOutWithDuration:0.5];
    SKAction *removeFromParent = [SKAction removeFromParent];
    _EmitterShatterApart = [NSKeyedUnarchiver unarchiveObjectWithFile: [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"ShatterApart" ofType:@"sks"]];
    _EmitterShatterApart.position = _NodePlayer.position;    
    if (!_EmitterShatterApart.parent) {
        [_bgLayer addChild:_EmitterShatterApart];
        _EmitterShatterApart.userInteractionEnabled=FALSE;
        [_EmitterShatterApart runAction: [SKAction sequence:@[fadeaway,removeFromParent]]];
    }
}

Upvotes: 0

Views: 344

Answers (1)

Rafał Sroka
Rafał Sroka

Reputation: 40030

The _EmitterShatterApart will not be deallocated after you call removeFromParent action because you are keeping a strong reference to it in a static variable you defined here:

SKEmitterNode *_EmitterShatterApart;

Upvotes: 1

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