iOS copyWithZone unrecognized selector only when using device

Question

I'm working on an iPad app that launches an initial screen only when there is certain data in a sqlite DB, something like this:

if ((int)[MyStore sharedInstance].mode < 0) 
{
    self.connectionSettingsViewController = [[[ConnectionSettingsViewController alloc] initWithNibName:@"ConnectionSettingsModalViewController" bundle:nil] autorelease];
    self.connectionSettingsViewController.view.transform = CGAffineTransformMakeRotation(M_PI_2); 
    self.connectionSettingsViewController.delegate = self;
    self.launchScreen = [[[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(-256, 0, 1024, 768)] autorelease];
    [self.launchScreen addSubview:self.connectionSettingsViewController.view];
    [self.window addSubview:self.launchScreen];
}

That code is in the app delegate. The problem I'm facing is that this works fine in iOS Simulator, but when I try to run on iPad I get the following error:

[someViewController copyWithZone:] unrecognized selector sent to instance.

Answer 1

UIViewController doesn't implement the NSCopying protocol. Unless you've implemented NSCopying in your own UIViewController subclass, your view controller won't respond to -copyWithZone:.