When dealing with iOS objects, is there a way to f...

# kotlin-native

[natario1]

When dealing with iOS objects, is there a way to force dealloc/deinit of the object from the Kotlin side? Should I make my property nullable and set it to null? 😰

[leandro]

i dont think so, i would say it's related to the memory model at runtime, but i'd be interested in confirming that 🙏

[Jeff Lockhart]

Objects allocated in Kotlin will only be deallocated when Kotlin/Native's garbage collector releases them, which should be some time after it's no longer referenced and GC is next run.

[natario1]

Thanks guys. So if my container class has a longer lifecycle, I do have to set the property to null in Kotlin, and iOS object dealloc will be invoked once the Kotlin garbage collector processes that reference. Please correct me if I’m wrong.

[Jeff Lockhart]

That is what I'd expect the behavior to be. You can read more about the Kotlin/Native memory model and GC here.