Manage instances of modal view controller

PhilipJohn

I have an application that presents a modal view controller via a segue when the user taps a button (to view some media). When the user closes the modal I dismiss it from its presentor. However I can see in instruments that the view controller is not released.

When the user taps another item to open the modal again it creates a second instance of the modal view controller.

How can I prevent the second instance being created, or ensure that the first one is released?

PhilipJohn

I'm not sure if this is the only answer to the problem, but it worked for me. I concluded that I couldn't stop the storyboard from creating a new instance of the view controller when I segued to it, so I added the modal view programmatically instead, making sure I could only have one instance of the view controller.

PhilipJohn

I'm not sure if this is the only answer to the problem, but it worked for me. I concluded that I couldn't stop the storyboard from creating a new instance of the view controller when I segued to it, so I added the modal view programmatically instead, making sure I could only have one instance of the view controller.