QLPreviewController Exception

Originator:oliver.drobnik
Number:rdar://14216503 Date Originated:20 Jun 2013
Status:Open Resolved:
Product:iPhone SDK Product Version:6.0
Classification:Crash/Hang/Data Loss Reproducible:Always
 
Summary:

According to the QLPreviewItem Protocol Reference for iOS:

"If the item is not available for preview, this property’s getter method should return nil. In this case, the Quick Look preview controller displays a “loading” view."

If you return nil for the previewItemURL as suggested the app is terminated with an exception.



Steps to Reproduce:

- Run the provided sample app on iOS 6 or iOS 7 simulator
- Push the Button


Expected Results:

The preview controller should appear and display a spinning activity indicator.


Actual Results:

Immediately after appearing the preview controller throws an exception which differs by iOS version:

iOS 6: 'setObjectForKey: key cannot be nil'
iOS 7: '-[NSURL initFileURLWithPath:]: nil string parameter'


Regression:

The same code worked without issue on iOS 5.


Sample Code: QuickLookBug at https://github.com/cocoanetics/radarsamples

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