"Objects in the nib file are created with a retain count of 1 and then
autoreleased... If you define outlets for nib-file objects, you should
always define a setter method (or declared property) for accessing that
outlet. Setter methods for outlets should retain their values."

And indeed, if I load a nib and don't retain its top-level objects (usually
thru outlets backed by a setter with a retain policy), they vanish in a puff
of smoke. So far, so good.

But what about the app delegate? In a typical iPhone app (e.g. the
template), the app delegate is instantiated through the MainWindow nib
loading. It is a top-level nib object. So it should be autoreleased.

Yet the UIApplication object does NOT retain its delegate. So why doesn't
the app delegate vanish in a puff of smoke? Is the MainWindow nib subject to
different memory management rules?

Thx -

m.

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