How to debug 'unrecognized selector sent to instance' error in Xcode?

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    2011-04-26 01:36:17.914 Protoype_Test1[15119:207] -[Protoype_Test1ViewController saveImage]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x5f60e60
    2011-04-26 01:36:17.933 Protoype_Test1[15119:207] *** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason: '-[Protoype_Test1ViewController saveImage]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x5f60e60'
    *** Call stack at first throw:
    (
      0   CoreFoundation                      0x0126cbe9 __exceptionPreprocess + 185
      1   libobjc.A.dylib                     0x010615c2 objc_exception_throw + 47
      2   CoreFoundation                      0x0126e6fb -[NSObject(NSObject) doesNotRecognizeSelector:] + 187
      3   CoreFoundation                      0x011de366 ___forwarding___ + 966
      4   CoreFoundation                      0x011ddf22 _CF_forwarding_prep_0 + 50
      5   UIKit                               0x00366a6e -[UIApplication sendAction:to:from:forEvent:] + 119
      6   UIKit                               0x003f51b5 -[UIControl sendAction:to:forEvent:] + 67
      7   UIKit                               0x003f7647 -[UIControl(Internal) _sendActionsForEvents:withEvent:] + 527
      8   UIKit                               0x003f61f4 -[UIControl touchesEnded:withEvent:] + 458
      9   UIKit                               0x0038b0d1 -[UIWindow _sendTouchesForEvent:] + 567
      10  UIKit                               0x0036c37a -[UIApplication sendEvent:] + 447
      11  UIKit                               0x00371732 _UIApplicationHandleEvent + 7576
      12  GraphicsServices                    0x01a83a36 PurpleEventCallback + 1550
      13  CoreFoundation                      0x0124e064 __CFRUNLOOP_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_A_SOURCE1_PERFORM_FUNCTION__ + 52
      14  CoreFoundation                      0x011ae6f7 __CFRunLoopDoSource1 + 215
      15  CoreFoundation                      0x011ab983 __CFRunLoopRun + 979
      16  CoreFoundation                      0x011ab240 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 208
      17  CoreFoundation                      0x011ab161 CFRunLoopRunInMode + 97
      18  GraphicsServices                    0x01a82268 GSEventRunModal + 217
      19  GraphicsServices                    0x01a8232d GSEventRun + 115
      20  UIKit                               0x0037542e UIApplicationMain + 1160
      21  Protoype_Test1                      0x00001c34 main + 102
      22  Protoype_Test1                      0x00001bc5 start + 53
    )
    terminate called after throwing an instance of 'NSException'

Hello Christina, besides those kind of posts are not very welcome, could you **please** rather provide your code than the outcome? — bastianwegge, Apr 26 '11 at 08:46
The important line is `*** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason: '-[Protoype_Test1ViewController saveImage]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x5f60e60' ` — Jim Blackler, Apr 26 '11 at 08:49
Oh jesus....! Who will read all that stuff...nobody have that much of time... be specific — Inder Kumar Rathore, Apr 26 '11 at 08:49

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 26 '11 at 08:48

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see if the IBAction of the buttons are connected properly. I guess they are not properly connected

answered Apr 26 '11 at 08:48

visakh7

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In the answer I gave for your question http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5785890/renaming-the-images-in-ipad-and-then-saving-that-image-to-app-bundle/5786277#5786277 saveImage method has a parameter of type UIImage but i think u missed it – visakh7 Apr 26 '11 at 08:51
i have writed the method as u told in action button ,wont this will get called as soon as click the button – Vipin Apr 26 '11 at 08:56
Could you post the line where you call the method ? – HeikoG Apr 26 '11 at 08:58
- (IBAction)saveImage:(UIImage *)image – Vipin Apr 26 '11 at 09:29
how can i retrieve the image here – Vipin Apr 26 '11 at 09:29
- (void)saveImage:(UIImage *)image call this method inside your button action – visakh7 Apr 26 '11 at 09:42
`- (IBAction)buttonPressed{[self saveImage:yourImageToBeSaved];}` – visakh7 Apr 26 '11 at 09:42

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 26 '11 at 09:20

It would be much helpful if you post your source code rather than error out come.

Anyway i think you are trying to call an instance method through class reference. The problem is here:

[Protoype_Test1ViewController saveImage]

It should be:

[protoype_Test1ViewController saveImage]

This is a common mistake when relay much on auto complete.

How to debug 'unrecognized selector sent to instance' error in Xcode?

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