How to set up an autorelease pool when using [NSThread detachNewThreadSelector:toTarget:withObject:]

Question

Hi I\'m usuing [NSThread detachNewThreadSelector:toTarget:withObject:] and I\'m getting a lot of memory leaks because I have no autorelease pool set up for the detached thr

Answer 1

in the method you call with the thread... i.e. given this...

[NSThread detachNewThreadSelector:@selector(doStuff) toTarget:self withObject:nil];

Your method would be...

- (void)doStuff {
  NSAutoreleasePool *pool = [[NSAutoreleasePool alloc] init];
  //Do stuff
  [pool release];
}