Objective-C: Where to remove observer for NSNotification?

Question

I have an objective C class. In it, I created a init method and set up a NSNotification in it

//Set up NSNotification
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] a         


        

Answer 1

*edit: This advice applies to iOS <= 5 (even there you should be adding in viewWillAppear and removing in viewWillDisappear - however the advice applies if for some reason you've added the observer in viewDidLoad)

If you've added the observer in viewDidLoad you should remove it in both dealloc and viewDidUnload. Otherwise you'll end up adding it twice when viewDidLoad is called after viewDidUnload (this will happen after a memory warning). This isn't necessary in iOS 6 where viewDidUnload is deprecated and won't be called (because views are no longer automatically unloaded).