I was using kevin macmahon's implementation of the facebook-connect sdk,
and I think there was some dated in it. I've switched to the Monotouch
version and all good now!

Thanks for the reply.

On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 12:31 AM, Rolf Bjarne Kvinge <[email protected]>wrote:

>
>
> On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 1:12 PM, dermotos <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Im implementing the facebook sdk in my app. Nearly there, however I cannot
>> test it on the simulator.
>>
>> Similar to the examples, I create the Facebook object in my AppDelegate.
>> When i attempt an Authorise() call on the simulator, it redirect to the
>> Safari app, as expected. I authorise the permissions requested, and Safari
>> redirects back to my app. However, I receive an error when I attempt to
>> call
>> the HandleOpenUrl() method of the Facebook object, stating that it has
>> been
>> garbage collected.
>>
>> This only happens on the simulator, not the device. Id much prefer to be
>> using the simulator, as debugging on the device is buggy (that's another
>> story!).
>>
>> Is there some reason why the GC is more agressive on the simulator? How
>> can
>> I force the object, which remains in scope to not be GC'd when the app
>> enters the background state for a few seconds? (during facebook's
>> authorisation procedure).
>>
>
> If it remains in scope it won't be GC'ed, so something unexpected is
> probably happening that makes you think it's in scope. The 100% certain way
> of making sure an object is not collected by the GC, is to store it in a
> static variable (but ensure you clear out the variable once you're done
> with it, since otherwise the GC will never free the object).
>
> Rolf
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>
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