Comments on: AVAudioPlayer Memory Leak

By: shiva

shiva — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 06:25:38 +0000

Still i am getting leak.

I am using more than one sound file.
When even new image scrolls onto view, i am playing different sound

Could you please help me?

Thanks
shiva

By: Luke

Luke — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:01:17 +0000

@shiva: You just need to retain the AVAudioPlayer object returned by audioPlayerWithContentsOfFile:

AVAudioPlayer *player = [someObject audioPlayerWithContentsOfFile:@"someFile.caf"];
[player retain];

And then release it when you’re done with it :-)

By: shiva

shiva — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 10:13:10 +0000

Hi Luke can u post full application. When i use ur function
audioPlayerWithContentsOfFile:(NSString *)path no leak. But i am unable to hear any sound. I commented [player release] and [player autorelease]. Then i am able to hear sound but same memory leak.

Could you please solve my problem.

Thanks
shiva

By: PJ Cabrera

PJ Cabrera — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:45:29 +0000

Thanks for this, you saved me and countless others a bunch of time!