Remove recursively all the children from a view in Appcelerator Titanium (Android)

remove.children.js

/*
* Does this really help solve some memory leaks...?
*/
Alloy.Globals.removeChildren = function(view) {
	if (view) {
		if (view.length) {
			// it's an array of views (eg. the views of a scrollableView)
			for (var i = 0; i < view.length; i++) {
				Alloy.Globals.removeChildren(view[i]);
			}
		} else {
			if (view.children) {
				// https://developer.appcelerator.com/question/78311/removing-all-child-objects-from-a-view
				var removeData = [];
				for (var i = view.children.length; i > 0; i--) {
					removeData.push(view.children[i - 1]);
				}
				for (var i = 0; i < removeData.length; i++) {
					view.remove(removeData[i]);
					Alloy.Globals.removeChildren(removeData[i]);
				}
				removeData = null;
			}

			// handle special cases
			switch(view.apiName) {	
			case 'Ti.UI.ScrollableView':
				// useless because the views are automatically removed (?) from the scrollableView if the parent window is being closed
				// views is always an empty array
				var views = view.views;
				for (var i = 0; i < views.length; i++) {
					Alloy.Globals.removeChildren(views[i]);
				}
				break;
			case 'Ti.UI.TableView':
				// http://developer.appcelerator.com/question/132357/memory-leaks-on-android-but-not-on-ios---very-simple-test-case
				view.setData([]);
				break;
			case 'Ti.UI.ImageView':
				// http://developer.appcelerator.com/question/132357/memory-leaks-on-android-but-not-on-ios---very-simple-test-case
				view.image = '';
				break;
			}
		}
		view = null;
	}
};