Unable to convert UTF-8 text from NSDictionary in Objective-C - objective-c

Question

Im using foursquare API to get some locations around me, but when the name of that place wasn't in english, the name will be like follows:
name = "\U0645\U0633\U062c\U062f \U0627\U0644\U0633\U064a\U062f\U0629 \U0639\U0627\U0626\U0634\U0629 | Aisha Mosque";
i tried to convert the response to a UTF-8 but nothing changed.
Here is my code:
-(void)setUpLocations{
NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString: #"https://api.foursquare...."];
NSData *data = [NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:url];
NSError *error = nil;
NSDictionary *json = [NSJSONSerialization JSONObjectWithData:data options:0 error:&error];
NSLog(#"Response: %#",[[[json objectForKey:#"response"]objectForKey:#"groups"]valueForKey:#"items"]);
}
And the log result is:
contact = {
};
id = 51712507498ec4e8c5ae9f48;
likes = {
count = 0;
groups = (
);
};
location = {
address = Abdoun;
cc = JO;
city = Amman;
country = Jordan;
distance = 3819;
lat = "31.95406043797281";
lng = "35.88095228186612";
};
name = "\U0645\U0633\U062c\U062f \U0627\U0644\U0633\U064a\U062f\U0629 \U0639\U0627\U0626\U0634\U0629 | Aisha Mosque";
restricted = 1;
stats = {
checkinsCount = 43;
tipCount = 2;
usersCount = 23;
};
verified = 0;
},
Any Suggestions ??
EDIT:
here is how i extract the data from the dictionary:
NSDictionary *dic = [[[[json objectForKey:#"response"]objectForKey:#"groups"]valueForKey:#"items"] copy];
namesArray = [[NSArray alloc]initWithArray:[self removeWhiteSpaces:[dic valueForKey:#"name"]]];
-(NSArray *)removeWhiteSpaces:(NSDictionary *)dic{
NSString *str = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#",dic];
NSString *str2 = [str stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:#"\n" withString:#""];
NSString *secondString = [str2 stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:#" " withString:#""];
NSString *thirdString = [secondString stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:#"(" withString:#""];
NSString *forthString = [thirdString stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:#")" withString:#""];
NSString *fifthString = [forthString stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:#"\"" withString:#""];
NSArray *items = [fifthString componentsSeparatedByString:#","];
return items;
}
And in the UITableView:
cell.textLabel.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"Name: %# ",[namesArray objectAtIndex:indexPath.row] ];
Update
After trying #Martin R answer i got the same results:
NSDictionary *dic = [[[[json objectForKey:#"response"]objectForKey:#"groups"]valueForKey:#"items"] copy];
NSString *value =[dic valueForKey:#"name"];
NSLog(#"%#", value);
UILabel *lbl = [[UILabel alloc]initWithFrame:self.view.frame];
lbl.numberOfLines = 0;
lbl.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#",value];;
[self.view addSubview:lbl];
and here is an image of the result

Answer 1

There is no problem.
NSLog() calls the description method of NSDictionary and NSArray, and that prints all non-ASCII characters as \Unnnn escape sequence.
If you extract the string values from the dictionary and print that you will see
that everything is correct.
Simple example:
NSDictionary *dict = #{ #"currency": #"€" };
NSLog(#"%#", dict);
// Output: { currency = "\U20ac"; }
NSString *value = dict[#"currency"];
NSLog(#"%#", value);
// Output: €
UPDATE: The problem seems to be in your removeWhiteSpaces: method, because
NSString *str = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#",dic];
already uses the description method to convert the dictionary to a string,
and the following stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString calls are a (sorry!) very bad
method to fix that.
You should access the dictionary keys with objectForKey instead, or enumerate
the dictionary with for (NSString *key in dic) { ... } and build the desired
array.
UPDATE 2: From the JSON data (posted in chat discussion) it seem that you just need
NSArray *itemsArray = json[#"response"][#"groups"][0][#"items];
NSArray *namesArray = [itemsArray valueForKey:#"name"];
Note that "groups" is an array with one element.

Answer 2

Try to use this one..
[NSString stringWithUTF8String:]