I'm using XCode 4.
Can someone please explain to me why when I have written a unit test (under the test target) that it can't find my local file resource? I'm trying to load a plist file from the NSBundle in a unit test but it doesn't work in the unit test target. I've tried throwing it under the Classes area of the Test target.
Here's my code:
NSString *path = [[NSBundle mainBundle] bundlePath];
NSString *finalPath = [path stringByAppendingPathComponent:#"urlMappings.plist"];
self.urlMappings = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithContentsOfFile:finalPath];
self.urlMappings is empty for some reason even though urlMappings.plist definately exists in my project. Here is the source to urlMappings.plist to prove it is in fact a dictionary.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>%server%view.html</key>
<string>testHtml1.html</string>
</dict>
</plist>
Any ideas? Thankyou
Under the test target, you shouldn't use [NSBundle mainBundle], because it is the main bundle, not the test bundle. you should use [NSBundle bundleForClass:[self class]] replace.
The solution (which doesn't make sense) is it wasn't in the bundle resources of the main target. It has to be in the bundle resources of BOTH targets even though I'm only using it in test.
Anyone know why this is the case?
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I made a screen capture command line tool LaunchAgent. When launched, the screen capture policy alert did not pop up, so I couldn’t capture the right screenshots. I have no idea how to correct this. Could you help me with it? Thank you.
the command line tool path: /bin/capture
code follows:
#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
#import <Cocoa/Cocoa.h>
int main(int argc, const char * argv[]) {
#autoreleasepool {
// insert code here...
NSLog(#"capture screen...");
CGRect mainRect = CGDisplayBounds(CGMainDisplayID());
CGImageRef desktopImage = CGWindowListCreateImage(mainRect, kCGWindowListOptionOnScreenOnly, kCGNullWindowID, kCGWindowImageBestResolution | kCGWindowImageShouldBeOpaque);
NSBitmapImageRep *bmpImgRef = [[NSBitmapImageRep alloc] initWithCGImage:desktopImage];
NSData *data = [bmpImgRef representationUsingType:NSBitmapImageFileTypeJPEG properties:#{NSImageCompressionFactor: #(1)}];
NSDateFormatter *fmt = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[fmt setDateFormat:#"yyyyMMdd_hh:mm:ss"];
[data writeToURL:[NSURL fileURLWithPath:[NSString stringWithFormat:#"/tmp/%#.jpg", [fmt stringFromDate:[NSDate date]]]] atomically:true];
}
return 0;
}
the LaunchAgent plist file path:
/Library/LaunchAgent/com.test.launchagent.screencapture.plist
and the LaunchAgent plist follows:
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>com.test.launchagent.screencapture</string>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>/bin/capture</string>
</array>
<key>RunAtLoad</key>
<true/>
</dict>
</plist>
You do need several things to get this work.
First of all, you need to have an Info.plist for your binary. You can use embedded Info.plist (can be set in Xcode build settings) if you care about keeping it just single unix file, not creating a bundle.
Second, you have to change launch plist to run your program in Aqua session.
With such steps you should be able to run this and see policy popup.
First Issue: No Sandboxing
I am having an issue with some code to copy a file. With sandboxing turned off completely and this code.
- (IBAction)installWidget:(id)sender
{
// copy widgets to users library
NSError* error = nil;
NSString *testUrl = #"~/Library/Widgets/test.wdgt";
if ([[NSFileManager defaultManager]fileExistsAtPath:testUrl]) {
NSLog(#"yes");
}
NSString *testUrl2 = [[[NSBundle mainBundle] resourcePath] stringByAppendingPathComponent: #"test.wdgt"];
if ([[NSFileManager defaultManager]fileExistsAtPath:testUrl2]) {
NSLog(#"yes");
}
[[NSFileManager defaultManager] removeItemAtPath:testUrl error:nil];
[[NSFileManager defaultManager]copyItemAtPath:testUrl2 toPath:testUrl error:&error];
if (error != nil) {
NSLog(#"%#", [error localizedDescription]);
}
}
With sandboxing turned off I get the following error.
The file “test.wdgt” doesn’t exist. I tried zipping it thinking it was a flat file issue when changing the code from test.wdgt to test.zip I got the same error. The file is included in the resources bundle but its not letting me copy it.
I tried moving the app from outside of the build folder, same issue. I also tried cleaning the build folder same issue.
Second Issue: With Sandboxing
I get the following error with Sandboxing enabled. You don't have permission to access the directory Widgets.
Entitlement file looks like this
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>com.apple.security.app-sandbox</key>
<true/>
<key>com.apple.security.assets.movies.read-write</key>
<true/>
<key>com.apple.security.assets.music.read-write</key>
<true/>
<key>com.apple.security.assets.pictures.read-write</key>
<true/>
<key>com.apple.security.files.downloads.read-write</key>
<true/>
<key>com.apple.security.files.user-selected.read-write</key>
<true/>
<key>com.apple.security.network.client</key>
<true/>
<key>com.apple.security.print</key>
<true/>
<key>com.apple.security.temporary-exception.files.absolute-path.read-write</key>
<array>
<string>/Users/jon/Library/Widgets/</string>
</array>
</dict>
</plist>
I am beating my head against the wall. I tried adding a simple image and then replacing the image name with the widget name and it copied fine as long as sandboxing was disabled. I wrote a widget thats works with my app and I want to distribute it by allowing the user to install the widget by clicking a button in the app or from a menu item. Any help is appreciated.
On the non-sandbox question, you need to expand the tilde(~) before using that in a path for file system operations. One way to do this is by calling -stringByExpandingTildeInPath on the string you have created, but the best practice for getting folders like this would be to use:
NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains
( NSLibraryDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
This will return an array (should only be 1 element) containing the string to the path for the User's Library directory. Then you can add your specific path elements to that by using -stringByAppendingPathComponent:.
Thus, you'd get the full path by taking:
NSString *widgetsPath = [[paths objectAtIndex: 0] stringByAppendingPathComponent:
#"Widgets"];
As for doing in the sandbox, your current code will fail due to the wrong directory, which won't have access (since ~ is being interpreted as a path component and not to replace the User's home directory). However, you obviously can't use the absolute-path exception in shipping code by enumerating every user. Chances are you will need to find another approach to installing this if you are going to be sandboxed. You may be able to just open the widget file and thus get the OS to offer to copy it for you. Otherwise, you're going to have to ask the user's permission in some way, such as by popping up an open window and passing in the path to the user's Widget folder.
I am trying to create an NSMutableDictionary containing a list of animals in my iOS app with this function.
// puts animals into dictionary
- (void) putAnimalsFromPlistToDictionary
{
NSBundle *bundle = [NSBundle mainBundle];
NSString *path = [bundle pathForResource:#"myAnimals" ofType:#"plist"];
myAnimalDictionary = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc] initWithContentsOfFile:path];
// I set a breakpoint here in XCode.
}
I dragged myAnimals.plist (which looks like the below) into my supporting files folder for my application.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<array>
<string>elephant</string>
<string>monkey</string>
<string>cat</string>
</array>
</plist>
However, when I reach the breakpoint (as listed in my comment), I see that myAnimalDictionary is nil. Why?
Perhaps it's because you have an array in your .plist but you're trying to instantiate a mutable dictionary instance.
I am attempting to bundle a set of resources into a bundle, and them access them from code via NSBundle.
So far, I can access the resources from the bundle fine, but I cannot get the NSBundle instance to get any meta-data from the bundle's Info.plist file.
Strangely, my first attempt worked, and correctly got the meta-data, but since then I have been unable to replicate this behaviour and the bundle always returns null for the bundleIdentifier or other items in the infoDictionary.
I have reduced the code to the following test case:
NSString *pathToTestBundle = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:#"test"
ofType:#"testBundle"];
NSLog(#"path to Test Bundle: %#", pathToTestBundle);
NSBundle *testBundle = [NSBundle bundleWithPath: pathToTestBundle];
NSLog(#"testBundle: %#", testBundle);
NSString *identifier = [testBundle bundleIdentifier];
NSLog(#"testBundle identifier: %#", identifier);
NSURL *testResourceURL = [testBundle URLForResource:#"vanGroup"
withExtension:#"png"];
NSLog(#"testBundle test resource: %#", testResourceURL);
NSImage *testImage = [[NSImage alloc] initByReferencingURL:testResourceURL];
[imageView setImage:testImage];
NSLog(#"%#", [testBundle infoDictionary]);
Which gives this: (edited for line length)
path to Test Bundle: /.../BundleTester.app/Contents/Resources/test.testBundle
testBundle: NSBundle </../BundleTester.app/Contents/Resources/test.testBundle>
(not yet loaded)
testBundle identifier: (null)
testBundle test resource: file://.../BundleTester.app/Contents/Resources/test.testBundle/Resources/vanGroup.png
BundleTester[45083:707] {
NSBundleInitialPath = "/Users/diggory/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/BundleTester-hcbsnhudsdfzlyggjbvlkdbrtxrw/Build/Products/Debug/BundleTester.app/Contents/Resources/test.testBundle";
NSBundleResolvedPath = "/Users/diggory/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/BundleTester-hcbsnhudsdfzlyggjbvlkdbrtxrw/Build/Products/Debug/BundleTester.app/Contents/Resources/test.testBundle";
}
In my Xcode project by test bundle is added as a folder reference and has the following structure:
test.testBundle
Info.plist
Resources
vanGroup.png
The image resource is loaded correctly, but the values in the plist are ignored.
The plist is as follows:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
<string>com.monkeyfood.testbundle</string>
<key>badger</key>
<string>Bodger</string>
</dict>
</plist>
Am I missing something? What am I doing wrong?
Many thanks.
The "Contents" folder is missing.
It seems your bundle object is referring to the Bundle but the Bundle isn't yet loaded which is why you get null when you call bundleIdentifier. From Apple's Documentation on Bundle Loading Code
To load a bundle’s executable code, use NSBundle’s load method. This method returns YES if loading was successful or if the code had already been loaded, and NO otherwise.
You need to call [bundle load] like so:
NSBundle *testBundle = [NSBundle bundleWithPath: pathToTestBundle];
[testBundle load]; // Load the bundle...
More information on Bundle Loading is explained in Apple's Documentation
I've created a plist (File->New File->Resource plist) file that has a dictionary that stores floating point numbers for a console application. I've pretty much created this plist to store a few numbers to be returned by class methods, but could change so hardcoding isn't really that great of an idea. However, when I try to access the plist file, I always get "nil" for the file path and I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong.
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>minFloatNumber</key>
<real>520.0</real>
</dict>
</plist>
+ (double) minFloatingPointNunber
{
NSString *path = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource: #"FloatDictionary"
ofType: #"plist"];
NSDictionary *dict = [[NSDictionary alloc] initWithContentsOfFile: path];
[path release];
double f = [[dict objectForKey: #"minFloatNumber"] doubleValue];
[dict release];
return f;
}
I've read various articles discussing looking at the project's "Build Phases" and looking at "Copy Bundle Resources," but I don't see any of that anywhere. I'm pretty sure there has to be something wrong with my setup, but not sure what I'm missing, or the steps I need to take to remedy the situation. Thanks in advance for the tips.
The "Console Application" template will be set up to produce a single binary — not included inside a proper bundle, so you can't use the NSBundle APIs to access files. If you want to include a file, you could make an actual application (where you'll be able to use [NSBundle mainBundle]), or you could include the data inside the binary (as a compile-time constant or some such).