OS X Web View App - Won't Load Local .html Web Page - objective-c

Question

I have the following code in an AppDelegate.m file that opens Google when I open my app. I am trying to change it to open a .HTML web page I copied into my Xcode project but it is not working. I am using Xcode 4.5.2.
The code that works to open Google is:
#implementation MDAppDelegate
- (void)applicationDidFinishLaunching:(NSNotification *)aNotification {
NSURLRequest *request = [NSURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:#"http://www.google.com"]];
[self.webView.mainFrame loadRequest:request];
}
I tried changing it to (so that it would load my test.html file I put in the project folder but the app just comes up blank now). What am I missing?
#implementation MDAppDelegate
- (void)applicationDidFinishLaunching:(NSNotification *)aNotification {
NSURLRequest *request = [NSURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:#"test.html"]];
[self.webView.mainFrame loadRequest:request];
}

Answer 1

As long as your test.html is copied at the root of your project (make sure it's also copied to your final app bundle, huh? - check Build Phases) you can load it up your Web View using this code :
NSString *path = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:#"test" ofType:#"html"];
NSURL* fileURL = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:path];
NSURLRequest* request = [NSURLRequest requestWithURL:fileURL];
[self.webView.mainFrame loadRequest:request];

Answer 2

[NSURL URLWithString:#"test.html"] is not creating a valid URL to your file. Try that: (it is from an iOS project, but should apply to OS X apps as well). I'm using loadHTMLString:baseURL: instead of loadRequest:
NSString* fileName = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:#"test" ofType:#"html"];
NSString* htmlString = [NSString stringWithContentsOfFile:fileName encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding error:NULL];
NSURL *baseURL = [[NSBundle mainBundle] bundleURL];
[self.webView loadHTMLString:htmlString baseURL:baseURL];

Answer 3

[NSURL URLWithString:#"test.html"]
There's your problem. Assuming that your test.html file is in the resource folder of your application bundle, do this instead:
[[NSBundle mainBundle] URLForResource:#"test" withExtension:#"html"];
NSBundle has a few other methods for easily creating URLs in case the one above isn't appropriate (like if the file is in a subdirectory). Take a look at the NSBundle reference page for more info.