• Beginning iOS Development
• Getting Started
• Objective C
• Memory Management
• Patterns
• Frameworks
• Tools
• Sample Applications

Memory Management

At one time, memory management was iOS programming’s biggest hot-button issue. However, the simple concepts and ease of use of ARC have largely won the day, if not the hearts and minds of iOS programmers everywhere.

• Learning Objective-C 2.0: A Hands-On Guide to Objective-C for Mac and iOS Developers, Second Edition
• Chapter 14, “Memory Management Overview”
• Chapter 16, “ARC”

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Under some circumstances, such as legacy code, ARC is not available, and you will need to go old school.

• 9780133047462: Learning Objective-C 2.0: A Hands-On Guide to Objective-C for Mac and iOS Developers, Second Edition
• Chapter 15, “Reference Counting”

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