XCode 8 compiled apps exhibit random EXC_BAD_ACCESS crashes when running on iPhone iOS 8.4 (simulator or device)

Originator:evtimdev
Number:rdar://28371396 Date Originated:Sep 19 2016
Status:Open Resolved:
Product:XCode Product Version:8
Classification: Reproducible:Always
 
Summary:
App compiled with XCode 8, iOS SDK 10.0, Deployment target iOS 8
Crashes don't happen on devices/simulators running iOS 9.3+
Random EXC_BAD_ACCESS crashes when running on iOS 8.4 

Seems related to Asset Catalog and image assets

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Compile and Run attached project (Test22) on iPhone 4s (*8.4) simulator

Expected Results:
Runs normally 

Actual Results:
Crash (see screenshot)

Version:
XCode 8, OS X El Capitan 10.11.6

Notes:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/39404285/xcode-8-build-crash-on-ios-9-2-and-below

Configuration:
Does not occur when compiling with XCode 7 or when running on devices/simulators with iOS 9.3+

Comments

script to convert png files to correct format in whole project and with white spaces

!/bin/bash

DIRECTORY=$1 echo "------------------------------" echo "Passed Resources with xcassets folder argument is <$DIRECTORY>" echo "------------------------------" echo "Processing asset:"

find "$DIRECTORY" -name '*png' -print0 | while read -d $'0' file; do echo "---------$file" sips -m "/System/Library/Colorsync/Profiles/sRGB Profile.icc" "$file" --out "$file" done

echo "------------------------------" echo "script successfully finished" echo "------------------------------"

By nik.Sativa at Oct. 13, 2016, 11:35 a.m. (reply...)

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