Deallocate SKScene after transition to another SKScene in SpriteKit

Question

I have a view controller that has three skscenes as children.

When I transition from one to another, the old skscene doesn\'t get deallocated.

I want it to g

Answer 1

EDIT: My previous idea about an NSTimer was irrelevant

To make sure this is an issue isolated to this scene, override the dealloc methods of all scenes you might have (including this one) like this:

 -(void)dealloc {
  NSLog(@"Dealloc ");
 }

Look at your other scene transitions, see if they deallocate properly. Find the differences between these scenes. This will help you see if it's an isolated issue or a bigger problem. Once you have the problem fixed be sure to comment out or remove the dealloc method as it is overriding the one that actually deallocates the memory. Hopefully this helps!