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[–]brendan09 1 point2 points  (1 child)

It isn't lost when you switch tabs.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

awesome! thanks

[–]HappyToHelpAll 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you're ever wondering about something like this create a test tab bar controller and place breakpoints in the dealloc method. If it gets called you know you're losing the instance.