does addSubview increment retain count?

Question

I\'ve tested it and it looks like it does. So my question is, does it ALWAYS increment the retain count.

So everytime I do something like this:

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Answer 1

Do not use -retainCount.

The absolute retain count of an object is meaningless.

You should call release exactly same number of times that you caused the object to be retained. No less (unless you like leaks) and, certainly, no more (unless you like crashes).

See the Memory Management Guidelines for full details.

If you +new/+alloc/-retain/-copy (NARC) an object, you need to balance the retain with a release (or autoerelease). End of story. The absolute retain count, especially the absolute retain count of an instance of a class that is subclassed from a framework class and/or passed into framework code, is an implementation detail and quite likely to not be what you think it should be.

Answer 2

Yes, "addSubview" increases the retain count. This makes sense because the method stores the subview which should not be released/freed until the superview is also released. When the superview is release it also releases all its subviews.

Answer 3

Actually it does. You can refer this at http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/uikit/reference/uiview_class/uiview/uiview.html#//apple_ref/occ/instm/UIView/addSubview:

As a matter of course, the superView retains the subView on addSubview: , so it does release when removes the subView.