I'm trying to make a plugin for xcode where I want to write something to the h file from the m file. I can dynamically get the filepath from the class I'm currently writing code in, and by changing the .m to .h I'll have the filepath for the h file.
My question is, how do I write something to an .h file from xcode when I have the path?
NSString *path = #"your/path/tp/.h/file";
NSData *data = [NSData dataWithContentsOfFile:path];
//Get the contents of the file into the mutable string
NSMutableString *contents = [[NSMutableString alloc] initWithBytes:[data bytes] length:[data length] encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
//Make changes to your mutable string
[contents appendString:#"abc"];
//Write it back to the file
[contents writeToFile:path atomically:YES encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding error:nil];
It´s not possible to do what you are asking. You can write only in files from your Documents Directory.
I don´t understand why do you need to write in a .h file for to change it. Maybe you could create subclasses from the same Class and you use one or other depending of your requirements
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I have the following method that is meant to get all the words contained in text file and add them to an array. I think the problem is where my .txt file is located. I am adding it into the project explorer right next to the classes. I have read elsewhere that it is meant to go in your Resource folder, however I think newer versions of XCode no longer creates a resource folder for you. Regardless here is my method:
-(void) getWords
{
NSString *filePath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:#"WordList" ofType:#"txt"];
NSString *wordFile = [[NSString alloc] initWithContentsOfFile:filePath encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding error:nil];
NSArray* words = [wordFile componentsSeparatedByString:#"\n"];
NSLog(#"Found %lu words", (unsigned long)[words count]);
}
Could someone help me get this method to find my file? Where can I put the .txt file? Thanks.
I am trying to write a file to a temporary directory. I am doing it like this:
NSString *_location = NSTemporaryDirectory();
NSString *_guid = [[NSCalendarDate calendarDate] descriptionWithCalendarFormat:#"%m%d%Y%H%M%S%F"];
_guid = [_guid stringByAppendingString:#".png"];
NSString *_tempFilePath = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#/%#", _location, _guid];
NSData *_temp_data = [imgRep representationUsingType: NSPNGFileType properties: nil];
[_temp_data writeToFile:_tempFilePath atomically: NO];
But it doesn't work for me. It doesn't create the file. What's the problem?
P.S. I have tried to create a directory with a unique name in NSTemporaryDirectory, and then write to a file there, but it didn't work either.
I noticed that it don't creates a file anywhere. Tried to set location to user's documents folder, but its not working.
Path for writing an image is incorrect:
NSString *_tempFilePath = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#/%#", _location,_guid];
OR
NSString *_tempFilePath = [location stringByAppendingPathComponent:#"%#",guid];
If you write to a file inside potentially new directories, you have to first create the directory:
[[NSFileManager defaultManager] createDirectoryAtPath:_directoryPath
withIntermediateDirectories:YES
attributes:nil error:nil];
[_myData writeToFile:[_directoryPath stringByAppendingPathComponent:_fileName]
atomically:YES];
The example below should take a link from m3u playlist and add it to anArray. (So I will get the NSArray(NSMutableArray) with certain links in it)
NSString *fileContents = [NSString stringWithContentsOfFile:#"myfile.m3u" encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding error:NULL];
NSArray *lines = [fileContents componentsSeparatedByString:#"\n"];
NSLog (#"%#",lines);
All the time I had (null) in NSLog Message.
All the time when I try NSLog or if/else statement to check is there is link in array it gives me the null object in it.
After that I thought the problem was in m3u type and I've tried to change type in txt and read. (For those who don't know, M3U is just the text in UTF-8 encoding and the changing type should give the result)
Then I've tried the .txt files but it doesn't work too. So there is the code of it.
//Check if there is my file
NSString *addPath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:#"somefile" ofType:#"m3u" ];
if ([fileMgr fileExistsAtPath:addPath] ) {
NSLog(#"Yes.We see the file");
}
else {
NSLog(#"Nope there is no file");
}
//Rename
NSString *path1 = addPath;
NSString *theNewFilename = [path1 stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:#"m3u" withString:#"txt"];
NSLog(#"Renamed file adress is %#", theNewFilename);
//Check if there is our renamed file(file manager was allocated before)
NSString *addPath1 = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:#"somefile" ofType:#"txt" ];
if ([fileMgr fileExistsAtPath:addPath1] ) {
NSLog(#"Yes we had the renamed file");
}
else {
NSLog(#"No we don't");
}
Checking is there is m3u file worked fine. I had Addres to Renamed file too. But when it was checking is there is renamed file, there was no file (null in NSLog).
After all that stuff, and without any hope to reach my destination I've tried to read txt file line by line separated by /n with 5 links in it.
NSString *fileContents1 = [NSString stringWithContentsOfFile:#"myfile.txt" encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding error:NULL];
NSArray *lines1 = [fileContents1 componentsSeparatedByString:#"\n"];
NSLog (#"%#",fileContents1);
NSLog (#"%#",lines1);
Both Messages were NULL
One more thing all this stuff I tried to make in -(IBAction)fileRead { } linked to button
(Yes I've presed button every time to check my NSLog)Program was checked in iPhone Simulator. Will be glad if someone say what is the trouble. Also if there is easier way to make this with url. (Tried Couple times with NSUrl and had Nothing but null )
Just because you've changed the path doesn't mean that you've renamed/moved/copied an item, path is just a string. Use NSFileManager methods like
– moveItemAtURL:toURL:error: or
– moveItemAtPath:toPath:error:.
Also, NSString doesn't care about extension, so it's completely safe to read your m3u file to NSString, no need to rename it.
NSString *addPath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:#"somefile" ofType:#"m3u" ];
if ([fileMgr fileExistsAtPath:addPath] ) {
NSLog(#"Yes.We see the file");
NSString *fileContents1 = [NSString stringWithContentsOfFile:addPath encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding error:NULL];
NSArray *lines1 = [fileContents1 componentsSeparatedByString:#"\n"];
NSLog (#"%#",fileContents1);
NSLog (#"%#",lines1);
}
else {
NSLog(#"Nope there is no file");
}
I am new to Xcode and was wondering if anyone could help me with this.
I need to make an application that is able to open a file and replace its contents.
E.g. (in psuedo code)
Replace("String1", "String2", "~/Desktop/Sample.txt")
Please let me know if I'm not clear enough.
Thanks in advance.
use stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:withString: method which will find all occurrences of one NSString and replace them, returning a new autoreleased NSString.
NSString *source = #"The rain in Spain";
NSString *copy = [source stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:#"ain"
withString:#"oof"];
NSLog(#"copy = %#", copy);
// prints "copy = The roof in Spoof"
Edit
to set the file content in your string (be careful , this is not conveniant if your file is a bit large) , replace occurences then copy to a new file :
// Instantiate an NSString which describes the filesystem location of
// the file we will be reading.
NSString *filePath = [NSHomeDirectory() stringByAppendingPathComponent:#"Sample.txt"];
NSError *anError;
NSString *aString = [NSString stringWithContentsOfFile:filePath
encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding
error:&anError];
// If the file read was unsuccessful, display the error description.
// Otherwise, copy the string to your file.
if (!aString) {
NSLog(#"%#", [anError localizedDescription]);
} else {
//replace string1 occurences by string2
NSString *replacedString = [aString stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:#"String1"
withString:#"String2"];
//copy replacedString to sample.txt
NSString * stringFilepath = #"ReplacedSample.txt";
[replacedString writeToFile:stringFilepath atomically:YES encoding:NSWindowsCP1250StringEncoding error:error];
}
You probably want this
And regarding your question about how to read the text from a file to a NSString:
NSError * error;
NSString * stringFromFile;
NSString * stringFilepath = #"loadfile.txt";
stringFromFile = [[NSString alloc] initWithContentsOfFile:stringFilepath
encoding:NSWindowsCP1250StringEncoding
error:&error];
And for writing to a file:
(using the same NSString from loading: stringFromFile)
NSError * error;
NSString * stringFilepath = #"savefile.txt";
[stringFromFile writeToFile:stringFilepath atomically:YES encoding:NSWindowsCP1250StringEncoding error:error];
Note that in this example i use an encoding for windows (this means it uses charcters \n\r at the end of each line). Check the documentation for other types of encoding.
(See NSString documentation)
For Xcode 4, open the file you want to search, then click Edit > Find > Find and Replace, or the keyboard shortcut Command + Option + f.
I'm trying to combine images in my app into one file and write it to disk.
NSMutableArray *array = [NSMutableArray arrayWithObjects:
[NSData dataWithContentsOfFile:#"0.png"],
[NSData dataWithContentsOfFile:#"1.png"],
[NSData dataWithContentsOfFile:#"2.png"],
nil];
NSData *data = [NSKeyedArchiver archivedDataWithRootObject:array];
NSError *error = nil;
NSString *path=#"/Users/myusername/Desktop/_stuff.dat";
[data writeToFile:path options:NSDataWritingAtomic error:&error];
or
NSArray *array = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:
[NSImage imageNamed:#"0"],
[NSImage imageNamed:#"1"],
[NSImage imageNamed:#"2"],
nil];
NSData *data = [NSKeyedArchiver archivedDataWithRootObject:array];
NSError *error = nil;
NSString *path=#"/Users/myusername/Desktop/_stuff.dat";
[data writeToFile:path options:NSDataWritingAtomic error:&error];
But both produce a file that is 4KB (empty). If I NSLog the error it is (null). Am I making the data the wrong way?
Edit: If I open the resulting file with a text editor, it looks like this:
I wrote a quick example:
Missing: memory management / error handling / proper file handling
// Archive
NSMutableArray *array = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
NSString * input = #"/Users/Anne/Desktop/1.png";
[array addObject:[NSData dataWithContentsOfFile:input]];
[array addObject:[NSData dataWithContentsOfFile:input]];
[array addObject:[NSData dataWithContentsOfFile:input]];
NSData *data = [NSKeyedArchiver archivedDataWithRootObject:array];
NSString *path = #"/Users/Anne/Desktop/archive.dat";
[data writeToFile:path options:NSDataWritingAtomic error:nil];
// Unarchive
NSMutableArray *archive = [NSKeyedUnarchiver unarchiveObjectWithFile:path];
NSData * firstObject = [archive objectAtIndex:0];
NSString * output = #"/Users/Anne/Desktop/2.png";
NSURL *fileURL = [[NSURL alloc] initFileURLWithPath:output];
[firstObject writeToURL:fileURL atomically:YES];
You can also add NSImages to the NSMutableArray:
NSString * input = #"/Users/Anne/Desktop/1.png";
NSImage *image = [[NSImage alloc] initWithContentsOfFile: input];
[array addObject:image];
But that will significantly increase the file size.
Response to the following comment:
So if I only need to access an image at runtime (in the archive), is there a way to access that image at an index without unarchiving the whole thing? Seems like unnecessary overhead to me.
I assume you're still struggling with this problem?
Hiding (or encrypting) app resources?
Like i mentioned earlier, combining all files into one big file does the trick.
Just make sure you remember the file-length of each file and file-order.
Then you can extract any specific file you like without reading the whole file.
This might be a more sufficient way if you only need to extract one file at the time.
Quick 'dirty' sample:
// Two sample files
NSData *fileOne = [NSData dataWithContentsOfFile:#"/Users/Anne/Desktop/1.png"];
NSData *fileTwo = [NSData dataWithContentsOfFile:#"/Users/Anne/Desktop/2.png"];
// Get file length
int fileOneLength = [fileOne length];
int fileTwoLength = [fileTwo length];
// Combine files into one container
NSMutableData * container = [[NSMutableData alloc] init];
[container appendData:fileOne];
[container appendData:fileTwo];
// Write container to disk
[container writeToFile:#"/Users/Anne/Desktop/container.data" atomically:YES];
// Read data and extract sample files again
NSData *containerFile = [NSData dataWithContentsOfFile:#"/Users/Anne/Desktop/container.data"];
NSData *containerFileOne =[containerFile subdataWithRange:NSMakeRange(0, fileOneLength)];
NSData *containerFileTwo =[containerFile subdataWithRange:NSMakeRange(fileOneLength, fileTwoLength)];
// Write extracted files to disk (will be exactly the same)
[containerFileOne writeToFile:#"/Users/Anne/Desktop/1_extracted.png" atomically:YES];
[containerFileTwo writeToFile:#"/Users/Anne/Desktop/2_extracted.png" atomically:YES];
// Only extract one file from the container
NSString * containerPath = #"/Users/Anne/Desktop/container.data";
NSData * oneFileOnly = [[NSFileHandle fileHandleForReadingAtPath:containerPath] readDataOfLength:fileOneLength];
// Write result to disk
[oneFileOnly writeToFile:#"/Users/Anne/Desktop/1_one_file.png" atomically:YES];
Tip:
You can also save the 'index' inside the container file.
For example: The first 500 bytes contain the required information.
When you need a specific file: Read the index, get the file position and extract it.
You are archiving a NSMutable array of NSImage. This two classes conform to the NSCoding protocol required by NSKeyedArchiver, so I don't see where would be your problem.
So, here are many ideas to test.
First, are you sure that the data you think you have are valid? In your first code snippet, you write [NSData dataWithContentsOfFile:#"0.png"]. This method expects an absolute file path.
Assuming the problem is not in your code, just in your question, let's continue:
Do you have something different than nil in the variable data after your archiving? Ie, after the assignement to data, can you add this code. If the assertion fail, you will get an exception at runtime:
NSData *data = [NSKeyedArchiver archivedDataWithRootObject:array];
NSAssert(nil != data, #"My object data is nil after archiving");
If the problem was not here, what is the return of the line [data writeToFile:path options:NSDataWritingAtomic error:&error];
(Not the variable error, but the return value of the call to the method - writeToFile: options: error:)
What happens if you simplify your code and just do this:
result = [NSKeyedArchiver archiveRootObject:data
toFile:archivePath];
If everything was ok, have you tried to unarchive your file with NSKeyedUnarchiver?
The problem is that [NSData dataWithContentsOfFile:#"0.png"] looks for the file "0.png" in the current directory, but what the application thinks of as the current directory is probably not the place you're expecting. For graphical apps, you should always either use an absolute path or a path relative to some place that you can get the absolute path of (e.g. your app bundle, the application support directory, some user-selected location).
For command-line tools, using the current directory is more common. But I doubt that's the case here.
Another thing I noticed on Mavericks and up is that the folders in the path must be in existence. Meaning you must create the folder structure prior to saving into that folder. If you try to write to a folder on the desktop or elsewhere, even with sandboxing off, it will fail if the folder does not exist. I know this has been answered already, but I found that my issue continued regardless, but once I make sure that the folder structure was in place, I could do my writing to that folder.
On a side note: I'm sure that you could do this from NSFileManager, and I'll be doing that myself once I finalize my app structure, but hope this helps someone else lost in the sauce.