Chapter 7 - Fatal Error when tapping Hi-Pri button

scottgardner · April 30th, 2011, 05:15 AM

The app in chapter 7, as coded by the book and also in the downloaded code, crashes when you tap the Hi-Pri button with this console output:

FATAL ERROR: The persistent cache of section information does not match the current configuration. You have illegally mutated the NSFetchedResultsController's fetch request, its predicate, or its sort descriptor without either disabling caching or using +deleteCacheWithName:

thepianoguy · April 30th, 2011, 09:41 AM

If you add the following line the crash will be eliminated.

Code:

-(IBAction)toolbarFilterHiPri:(id)sender{
    NSLog(@"toolbarFilterHiPri");
    
    // Change the fetch request to display only high pri tasks
    // Get the fetch request from the controller and change the predicate
    NSFetchRequest* fetchRequest =  self.fetchedResultsController.fetchRequest;
    [NSFetchedResultsController deleteCacheWithName:nil];
    
    
    NSPredicate *predicate = [NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:@"priority == 3"];
    [fetchRequest setPredicate:predicate];
    
    NSError *error = nil;
    if (![[self fetchedResultsController] performFetch:&error]) {
        NSLog(@"Unresolved error %@, %@", error, [error userInfo]);
        abort();
    }
    
    
    
    [taskTableView reloadData];
    
}

There are numerous discussions on stackoverflow.com concerning this issue.
Google the Console error and various links will come up.

Bob

scottgardner · April 30th, 2011, 10:19 AM

Thanks again Bob! I had figured it out by looking up deleteCacheWithName: as explained in the error, just hadn't come back here yet to post it yet. And actually, you have to add that line of code to toolbarFilterAll: as well.

haze1021 · December 24th, 2011, 07:38 PM

I implemented the fix as noted above, it worked once but it is generating a fatal crash for me when i try to rebuild the app, even with the same code.

The problem seems to be the "Root" cache as specified in your RootViewController if you wrote your code according to the book:

- (NSFetchedResultsController *)fetchedResultsController
{
...
NSFetchedResultsController *aFetchedResultsController = [[NSFetchedResultsController alloc] initWithFetchRequest:fetchRequest managedObjectContext:self.managedObjectContext sectionNameKeyPath:nil cacheName:@"Root"];
...
}

It seems to work if I disable caching altogether by setting the Cache: parameter to NIL instead of @"Root". in
NSFetchedResultsController *aFetchedResultsController = [[NSFetchedResultsController alloc] initWithFetchRequest:fetchRequest managedObjectContext:self.managedObjectContext sectionNameKeyPath:nil cacheName:nil];

but this still leaves the questions as to how to make cache functionable?

BenCrosthwaite · January 7th, 2012, 05:07 PM

I am having the same problem as haze1021. Implementing the solution suggested by thepianoguy workes the first time i build the application but after i rebuild the application i get the FATAL ERROR message.

I have set the cacheName to nil and the application works.

Please can someone clarify how to make cache useful?

Regards,
-Ben

thepianoguy · January 7th, 2012, 10:32 PM

The cache must be purged when the predicate changes as is does when you switch back and forth from

Code:

-(IBAction)toolbarFilterHiPri:(id)sender

to

Code:

-(IBAction)toolbarFilterAll:(id)sender

so

Code:

[NSFetchedResultsController deleteCacheWithName:nil];

should be added to both of these filter methods before the subsequent fetch is performed.

Also, when the application goes to the background you should delete the cache. This will eliminate the crash when you restart the program.
In the TasksAppDelegate.m file add the following

Code:

-(void)applicationWillResignActive:(UIApplication *)application
{
    NSLog(@"Resigning active");
    [NSFetchedResultsController deleteCacheWithName:@"Root"];
// or [NSFetchedResultsController deleteCacheWithName:nil];
}

This should resolve your problems.
Bob

BenCrosthwaite · January 8th, 2012, 07:21 AM

It did indeed Bob, thanks very much.

Regards,
-Ben

BenCrosthwaite · January 8th, 2012, 12:57 PM

Hello Again,

I still seem to be getting this caching issue after implementing your solution. However, if i add this:

Code:

[NSFetchedResultsController deleteCacheWithName:@"Root"];

to the following app delegate method:

Code:

- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions

All seems fine.

Is this due to me using the simulator for development?

Regards,
-Ben

thepianoguy · January 8th, 2012, 10:11 PM

Ben,
I don't actually have the book (though having responded to posts in this forum so often, I am thinking I should actually go through it!) The solution I proposed works fine with the downloaded source code. I have been unable to make it crash. Some of the issues with the project came about due to changes in the implementation of CoreData from iOS 3 to iOS 4, and also due to the introduction of multitasking and apps going to the background rather than terminating in iOS 4, since the projects were originally written in iOS 3.1.x or 3.2. I may pick up a copy of the book and do the project in iOS 5 to sort out the problem you are having. It doesn't make sense to have to delete the cache upon starting the app. That should be cleanup, not initialization.
Another thing that should be done is that the code in the applicationWillTerminateâ¦ method should be moved to the applicationDidEnterBackgroundâ¦ method since the applicationWillTerminate will rarely, if ever, be called. From the applicationDidFinishLauchingâ¦ signature you provided it appears that you did the program in iOS 5. Without having a copy of the book I don't know whether the downloaded projects have any discrepancies with the code as presented in the text, so just creating an iOS 5 project and copying the code from the download may or may not result in something comparable to what you have. It will be a couple of days before I can get my hands on a copy of the book.

Did you make any other changes to the program?
Would you mind sending a copy of your project for me to take a look at, and maybe I can see how it differs from the download that has been working for me?
Bob
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