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I'm using Xcode 5.1.1 making a game app in iOS 6+. I am currently not a member of apple development, at least not until i finish the game completely. Sometimes right after i quit the simulator i get a "Terminating in response to SpringBoard's termination" message appear. I know it's a memory management issue but with ARC i don't deal with memory. Also does this have something to do with the size of my app? But i don't know it's size. One minute Xcode shows 40mb and the next it'll show 12mb or 20 mb and other mb's in between so i don't know. Lets say i publish the app in app store and don't fix this rare termination issue, how would that affect the user when using my app? How would i fix this termination message issue?

Alex
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  • "... in response to SpringBoard's termination". Does this message in your console only appear when you quit (i.e. command-Q) the simulator? or is it a totally unexpected crash while you are running your app in the simulator? – Michael Dautermann Nov 16 '14 at 16:59
  • Actually i should say that it only happens after i test the game for too long and then i quit the simulator and only then sometimes i get that termination message – Alex Nov 16 '14 at 17:02

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If you're quitting the simulator via command-Q, then a "Terminating in response to SpringBoard's termination" message is actually proper (the simulating app is terminating before the simulator -- that app known internally to Apple engineers as SpringBoard -- terminates).

As for your memory worries, once you get the hang of Xcode, you should try running your app under Xcode Instruments and with the Activity Monitor template and/or the Allocations template.

Michael Dautermann
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