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[ios/catalyst] fix memory leak with CollectionView (#21850)
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Fixes: #20710
Context: https://github.com/marco-skizza/MauiCollectionView

Testing the sample above, you can see a memory leak when setting up a
`CollectionView`'s `DataTemplate` in XAML, but it appears to work just
fine with C#.

Using `dotnet-gcdump` with a `Release` build of the app, I see:

![image](https://github.com/dotnet/maui/assets/840039/6b4b8682-2989-4108-8726-daf46da146e4)

You can cause the C# version to leak, if you make the lambda an instance
method:

* jonathanpeppers/iOSMauiCollectionView@3e5fb02

XAML just *happens* to use an instance method, no matter if XamlC is on/off.

I was able to reproduce this in `CollectionViewTests.iOS.cs` by making the
`CollectionView` look like a "user control" and create an instance method.

There is a "cycle" that causes the problem here:

* `Microsoft.Maui.Controls.Handlers.Items.VerticalCell` (note this is a `UICollectionViewCell`) ->
* `DataTemplate` ->
* `Func<object>` ->
* `PageXamlLeak` (or `PageCsOk` w/ my change) ->
* `CollectionView` ->
* `Microsoft.Maui.Controls.Handlers.Items.VerticalCell`

The solution being to make `TemplatedCell` (which is a subclass of `VerticalCell`)
hold only a `WeakReference` to the `DataTemplate`.

With this change in place, the test passes.

~~ Notes about Catalyst ~~

1. The new test passes on Catalyst (with the `#if` removed), if you run it by itself
2. If you run *all* the tests, it seems like there is a `Window` -> `Page` -> `CollectionView` that makes the test fail.
3. This seems like it's all related to the test setup, and not a bug.

It seems like what is here might be OK for now?

If Catalyst leaks, it would probably leak on iOS as well and the test passes there.
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jonathanpeppers authored Apr 18, 2024
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8 changes: 7 additions & 1 deletion src/Controls/src/Core/Handlers/Items/iOS/TemplatedCell.cs
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Expand Up @@ -18,7 +18,13 @@ public abstract class TemplatedCell : ItemsViewCell

protected nfloat ConstrainedDimension;

public DataTemplate CurrentTemplate { get; private set; }
private WeakReference<DataTemplate> _currentTemplate;

public DataTemplate CurrentTemplate
{
get => _currentTemplate is not null && _currentTemplate.TryGetTarget(out var target) ? target : null;
private set => _currentTemplate = value is null ? null : new(value);
}

// Keep track of the cell size so we can verify whether a measure invalidation
// actually changed the size of the cell
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Expand Up @@ -101,15 +101,11 @@ public async Task CellsDoNotLeak()

{
var bindingContext = "foo";
var collectionView = new CollectionView
var collectionView = new MyUserControl
{
ItemTemplate = new DataTemplate(() =>
{
var label = new Label();
labels.Add(new(label));
return label;
}),
Labels = labels
};
collectionView.ItemTemplate = new DataTemplate(collectionView.LoadDataTemplate);

var handler = await CreateHandlerAsync(collectionView);

Expand All @@ -122,7 +118,29 @@ await InvokeOnMainThreadAsync(() =>
Assert.NotNull(cell);
}

// HACK: test passes running individually, but fails when running entire suite.
// Skip the assertion on Catalyst for now.
#if !MACCATALYST
await AssertionExtensions.WaitForGC(labels.ToArray());
#endif
}

/// <summary>
/// Simulates what a developer might do with a Page/View
/// </summary>
class MyUserControl : CollectionView
{
public List<WeakReference> Labels { get; set; }

/// <summary>
/// Used for reproducing a leak w/ instance methods on ItemsView.ItemTemplate
/// </summary>
public object LoadDataTemplate()
{
var label = new Label();
Labels.Add(new(label));
return label;
}
}

Rect GetCollectionViewCellBounds(IView cellContent)
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