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On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 8:24 PM, James Darbyshire <[email protected]
> wrote:

> To clarify:
>
> The selector is akin to a method signature.
>
> ObjC can't find a method with that signature.
>
> When I have had this problem in the past (not in the WillEnterForeground
> override), it has been a memory reference problem.
>
> Regards,
>
> James
>
> On 13/10/2012, at 12:18 PM, James Darbyshire <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> unrecognized selector sent to instance
>
>
> From my experience is usually due to something being GC'd too early.
>
> Can you paste your AppDelegate?
>
> The iOS object which is being sent the selector might not be the same
> object reference the method is expecting.
>
> BTW You can profile to look for problems:
>
>
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6641540/xcode-4-how-to-profile-memory-usage-performance-with-instruments
>
> Regards,
>
> James
>
> On 13/10/2012, at 12:09 PM, Dean Cleaver <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>  And that’s exactly my point. The code I have shared does nothing, yet
> the exception handler in my Main() function traps errors like this, and
> then the app crashes completely:
>
>
>
> MonoTouch.Foundation.MonoTouchException: Objective-C exception thrown.
> Name: NSInvalidArgumentException Reason: -[OS_dispatch_semaphore
> UIApplicationWillEnterForeground:]: unrecognized selector sent to instance
> 0x81b27e0
> at (wrapper managed-to-native)
> MonoTouch.UIKit.UIApplication:UIApplicationMain (int,string[],intptr,intptr)
> at MonoTouch.UIKit.UIApplication.Main (System.String[] args, System.String
> principalClassName, System.String delegateClassName) [0x0004c] in
> /Developer/MonoTouch/Source/monotouch/src/UIKit/UIApplication.cs:38
> at KleverLogic.FlashValet.iPhone.Valet.Application.Main (System.String[]
> args) [0x00048] in
> /xsl-home/kleverlogic/FlashValet/Mobile/iPhone/Valet/Main.cs:40
>
>
>
> I am confused by this:
>
>
>
> Reason: -[OS_dispatch_semaphore UIApplicationWillEnterForeground:]:
> unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x81b27e0
>
>
>
> When my code does nothing in the WillEnterForeground call. So what is
> passing an unrecognized selector in that call if it’s not my code? Can you
> see now why I’m rather stressed about this?
>
>
>
> Code somewhere else? I have about 90 to 100 view controllers, plus their
> respective DataSource classes. Starting to look at that with the view that
> “something might be wrong somewhere” is not an enthralling task. I don’t
> have a single thing to go on – not even a hint as to what class, nothing.
> It’s like looking for a needle in a haystack.
>
>
>
> Dino
>
>
>
> *From:* James Darbyshire 
> [mailto:[email protected]<[email protected]>]
>
> *Sent:* Friday, October 12, 2012 20:02
> *To:* Dean Cleaver
> *Cc:* James Darbyshire; [email protected]
> *Subject:* Re: [MonoTouch] Any idea what this could be?
>
>
>
> My point is that the code you have shared does nothing, hence I would be
> surprised if it is that code which causes the problem.
>
>
>
> The try block is empty. Therefore it can't be that catch block catching
> the exception.
>
>
>
> Is it possible that some code elsewhere is not disposing of a reference?
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
> James
>
>
> On 13/10/2012, at 11:40 AM, Dean Cleaver <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>  James,
>
>
>
> I did share the code. That’s it:
>
>
>
> public override void WillEnterForeground(UIApplication application)
>
> {
>
>                     try
>
>                     {
>
>                                          
> //ThreadPool.QueueUserWorkItem(this.EnterForeground);
>
>                     }
>
>                     catch (Exception ex)
>
>                     {
>
>                                          Application.SendError(ex);
>
>                     }
>
> }
>
>
>
> I can’t publish my entire app code in here. But why am I getting
> exceptions that simply crash my app in a method that I have no real code
> in? Even if I comment out the entire “WillEnterForeground” I still get
> explosions that just kill the app completely.
>
>
>
> It will not break in code – always just blows up. Never blew up before,
> just after I made the mistake of upgrading to MonoTouch 6.0.3. This code
> has been working for over 12 months, and now I’m in deep shit where I can’t
> publish a new version because I cannot get any help on some severe crashes.
>
>
>
> Hell – I’ve even got one crash on an iPad where it actually manages to
> disable the Home button until you reboot the device – any ideas what API I
> might be using incorrectly to achieve that?
>
>
>
> Dino
>
>
>
> *From:* James Darbyshire 
> [mailto:[email protected]<[email protected]>]
>
> *Sent:* Friday, October 12, 2012 19:35
> *To:* Dean Cleaver
> *Cc:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* Re: [MonoTouch] Any idea what this could be?
>
>
>
> To be blunt, we can't help without having code to look through.
>
>
>
> MonoTouch doesn't just add method calls, and throw exceptions on its own.
>
>
>
> My guess is that your problem is probably an incorrect use of an API or
> object somewhere.
>
>
>
> iOS application development is a lot more accessible now, thanks to MT,
> but if you don't do the basics, just as with ObjC or PhoneGap (et. al.)
> your foundations will be shaky.
>
>
>
> Share the code, or at least somewhere we can reproduce the problem, and we
> can help you diagnose the problem.
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
> James
>
>
> On 13/10/2012, at 11:23 AM, Dean Cleaver <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>  Anyone able to help before I ditch MonoTouch and try something that
> works? We are seriously in a position where we cannot release code because
> of this problem, and the CEO is discussing ditching MonoTouch completely
> because we can’t rely on it to work.
>
>
>
> Dino
>
>
>
> *From:* Dean Cleaver
> *Sent:* Friday, October 12, 2012 17:16
> *To:* Dean Cleaver; [email protected]
> *Subject:* RE: Any idea what this could be?
>
>
>
> It’s now seemingly not Linea – just random:
>
>
>
> MonoTouch.Foundation.MonoTouchException: Objective-C exception thrown.
> Name: NSInvalidArgumentException Reason: -[OS_dispatch_semaphore
> UIApplicationWillEnterForeground:]: unrecognized selector sent to instance
> 0x81b27e0
> at (wrapper managed-to-native)
> MonoTouch.UIKit.UIApplication:UIApplicationMain (int,string[],intptr,intptr)
> at MonoTouch.UIKit.UIApplication.Main (System.String[] args, System.String
> principalClassName, System.String delegateClassName) [0x0004c] in
> /Developer/MonoTouch/Source/monotouch/src/UIKit/UIApplication.cs:38
> at KleverLogic.FlashValet.iPhone.Valet.Application.Main (System.String[]
> args) [0x00048] in
> /xsl-home/kleverlogic/FlashValet/Mobile/iPhone/Valet/Main.cs:40
>
>
>
> And here’s my WillEnterForeground:
>
>
>
> public override void WillEnterForeground(UIApplication application)
>
> {
>
>                     try
>
>                     {
>
>                                          
> //ThreadPool.QueueUserWorkItem(this.EnterForeground);
>
>                     }
>
>                     catch (Exception ex)
>
>                     {
>
>                                          Application.SendError(ex);
>
>                     }
>
> }
>
>
>
> Yeah – basically empty, yet it still crashes in the
> UIApplicationWillEnterForeground – any ideas?
>
>
>
> Dino
>
>
>
> *From:* [email protected] [
> mailto:[email protected]<[email protected]>]
> *On Behalf Of *Dean Cleaver
> *Sent:* Thursday, October 11, 2012 15:00
> *To:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* [MonoTouch] Any idea what this could be?
>
>
>
> I got this error report recently:
>
>
>
> MonoTouch.Foundation.MonoTouchException: Objective-C exception thrown.
> Name: NSInvalidArgumentException Reason: -[Linea
> UIApplicationDidEnterBackground:]: unrecognized selector sent to instance
> 0x21a2a80
> at MonoTouch.UIKit.UIApplication.Main (System.String[] args, System.String
> principalClassName, System.String delegateClassName) [0x0004c] in
> /Developer/MonoTouch/Source/monotouch/src/UIKit/UIApplication.cs:38
> at KleverLogic.FlashValet.iPhone.Valet.Application.Main (System.String[]
> args) [0x00027] in
> /xsl-home/kleverlogic/FlashValet/Mobile/iPhone/Valet/Main.cs:40
>
>
>
> I’m intrigued by the “Reason: -[Linea UIApplicationDidEnterBackground:]”
> because I make no calls to the linea in this, so wondered if there was even
> anything I could do?
>
>
>
> Dino
>
>
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