UISplitViewController doesn't dismiss it's master popover on dismissal.

Originator:steipete
Number:rdar://20962645 Date Originated:14-May-2015 11:29 PM
Status:Open Resolved:
Product:iOS Product Version:8.3
Classification:Serious Bug Reproducible:Always
 
Summary:
UISplitViewController uses an internal popover to slide the sidebar in. This popover is not dismissed when the view controller gets dismissed.

Steps to Reproduce:
Open example. Follow instructions in alert view. Observe crash:

*** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSGenericException', reason: '-[UIPopoverController dealloc] reached while popover is still visible.'
*** First throw call stack:
(
	0   CoreFoundation                      0x00000001050eac65 __exceptionPreprocess + 165
	1   libobjc.A.dylib                     0x0000000104d81bb7 objc_exception_throw + 45
	2   CoreFoundation                      0x00000001050eab9d +[NSException raise:format:] + 205
	3   UIKit                               0x0000000105abd5ec -[UIPopoverController dealloc] + 137
	4   libobjc.A.dylib                     0x0000000104d9628e _ZN11objc_object17sidetable_releaseEb + 236
	5   UIKit                               0x000000010592a196 -[UISplitViewController dealloc] + 293
	6   CoreFoundation                      0x0000000104fc08eb CFRelease + 603
	7   CoreFoundation                      0x0000000104fdf4de -[__NSArrayI dealloc] + 78
	8   libobjc.A.dylib                     0x0000000104d9628e _ZN11objc_object17sidetable_releaseEb + 236
	9   libobjc.A.dylib                     0x0000000104d968cd _ZN12_GLOBAL__N_119AutoreleasePoolPage3popEPv + 591

Expected Results:
Should dismiss the popover.

Actual Results:
Crashes.

Notes:
Hack/Workaround is in the example, see backToCatalog. I know that UISplitViewController is supposed to be root, but if this is the case, please enforce it hard. View controller containment works well on it.

Comments

Still happening with iOS 10.0.1 GM.

By steipete at Sept. 16, 2016, 2 p.m. (reply...)

Example: http://cl.ly/123B2w293d04

By steipete at May 14, 2015, 9:30 p.m. (reply...)

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