Cocos2d memory leaks : SimpleAudioEngine

Question

Getting lot of memory leaks in Cocos2D iphone game. I used these calls to play music and effect.

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[[SimpleAudioEngine sharedEngine]  preloadEffect:kSoundTap];

[[SimpleAudioEngine sharedEngine] playBackgroundMusic:kMusic_LaunchScreen] ;

[[SimpleAudioEngine sharedEngine] playEffect:kSound_GettingPowerUp] ;

Anything wrong or need to release anything? In iPad3 if I play for more time the lots of performance problems occurs...In instrument only these leaks are found. How can I solve this problem ?

Here is one other similar thread, but no accepted solution. How can I overcome this problem?

could you open View/Extended Detail and inspect the call stack? is there anything related to your code for any of those reported leaks? — sergio, Feb 24 '13 at 17:57
try calling `[SimpleAudioEngine end]` after playing your sounds and check if instruments keeps reporting leaks. NB: this is just for the sake of testing and collecting some more info -- I am not suggesting you do that to fix the leaks. — sergio, Feb 24 '13 at 18:37
if I place these two line then crashes: [[SimpleAudioEngine sharedEngine] playEffect:kSoundTap] ; [SimpleAudioEngine end]; — Guru, Feb 24 '13 at 19:01
`end` should be executed after your sounds played -- if you are interested in testing this. on the other hand, if it seems complex to you, you could simply create a test project and play the two sounds, checking with instruments if the leaks are there... — sergio, Feb 24 '13 at 19:03
I just made one sample, put seperate button to end. But again leaks are same... — Guru, Feb 24 '13 at 19:13
its fine...I can replace AVAudioPlayer with SimpleAudioEngine until they fix their problem. Bye — Guru, Feb 24 '13 at 19:15

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 25 '13 at 06:05

Do not retain or release AVAudioPlayer objects. Instead your must end your session. From what I can tell from instruments in the second screenshot on the highlighted row the event is "release" but according to documentation AVAudioPlayer events should not be released (or retained).

Cocos2d memory leaks : SimpleAudioEngine

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