iOS app crashing... only in non-debug mode

kgregory

My iOS app works fine when I launch it in debug mode and if I disconnect the USB cable, it continues to work fine. If I let the iPad sit idle for a while then I attempt to start the app, it will either crash immediately or sometimes it will run for a bit until I try to interact with it and then it will crash.

If I build it for release, then it crashes as soon as I interact with it. In the debug stream, it says "program received signal -111, thread:49c3f" followed by a bunch of hex codes. Then it says "hit maximum number of consecutive signals, stopping".

I find it odd that I'm getting debug messages in release mode... Is it supposed to do that?

Anyway, I'm not sure how to debug this. Any ideas?

SGaist

Hi,

One thing would be to first check if you have any un-initialiased variable. Then since you can make it crash after some idle time then you should try to get a backtrace. Don't disconnect the device.

You should also add some information:

What version of Qt are you using ?
What version of iOS ?
What version of Xcode ?
What version of macOS ?

kgregory

When you say initialised, do you mean like this?

//myclass.h
class myclass: public QObject
{
public:
    myclass();
    ~myclass();
    //other functions

private:
    int m_var1;
    int m_var2;
    //other variables
};

//myclass.cpp
myclass::myclass():
    m_var1(0), m_var2(0)   // <---- initialization?
{
   //some init code
}

I saw that in the example code I used as a starter but didn't really understand the point of it. For all of the member variables I created, I initialized them in the traditional c++ way within the body of the constructor (the "//some init code" part).

I'm using QT 5.9.2 and I think all of my other software is up-to-date with the latest release version.

jsulm

@kgregory The traditional way to initialise member variables in C++ is actually not in the body of the constructor, but like in your example:

myclass::myclass():
    m_var1(0), m_var2(0)
{}

kgregory

Hmm, I guess I was taught wrong.

What does the initialization look like if I have an array. For example, I initialize this array of 6 QColors in my object.

    //myclass declaration
    QColor colors[6];

    //myclass object constructor body
    colors[0] = QColor(255,0,0);
    colors[1] = QColor(255,255,0);
    colors[2] = QColor(0,255,0);
    colors[3] = QColor(0,255,255);
    colors[4] = QColor(0,0,255);
    colors[5] = QColor(255,0,255);

And what if the variable is another class like QDeviceDiscoveryAgent?

SGaist

Such complex initialisation goes in the body of the constructor.

As for a pointer to a object: in the list.

myclass::myclass():
    m_myAgent(new QDeviceDiscoverAgent)
{}

or

myclass::myclass():
    m_myAgent(new QDeviceDiscoverAgent(this))
{}

if you want to pass it one or more parameters.