appendingPathComponent' is unavailable: Use appendingPathComponent on URL instead.a - ios

Question

I am using Swift 4, Xcode 9, and development target iOS 11.0.
I am trying to append a custom folder (MyFolder) to the path variable.
let outputFilePath = (NSTemporaryDirectory() as NSString).appending("MyFolder").appendingPathComponent((outputFileName as NSString).appendingPathExtension("mov")!)
But builder is giving error message:
appendingPathComponent' is unavailable: Use appendingPathComponent on URL instead.
I know, I am doing some silly mistake. Can you kindly help me in this?

Answer 1

Use this line
URL(fileURLWithPath: NSTemporaryDirectory()).appendingPathComponent("MyFolder").appendingPathComponent(outputFileName).appendingPathExtension("mov")
instead of
(NSTemporaryDirectory() as NSString).appending("MyFolder").appendingPathComponent((outputFileName as NSString).appendingPathExtension("mov")!)
This will return you a url and use url.Path to get its path in string .
Hope this helps you.

Answer 2

Check below code for reference in document Directory
class func getDocumentsDirectory() -> URL {
let documentsDirectory = FileManager.default.urls(for: .documentDirectory, in: .userDomainMask).first!
let dataPath = documentsDirectory.appendingPathComponent("FolderName")
do {
try FileManager.default.createDirectory(atPath: dataPath.path, withIntermediateDirectories: true, attributes: nil)
} catch let error as NSError {
print("Error creating directory: \(error.localizedDescription)")
}
return dataPath
}
For Appending Files in Folder You can use this
//name for file to be added
let uuid = UUID().uuidString
// storing a Audio File in Directory
let audioFilename = getDocumentsDirectory().appendingPathComponent("\(uuid).m4a")
To get Names of Files Available in the respected Folder created
//This function returns a Array with file names Available
class func getListOfRecordingsAvailable() -> [String] {
var fileNameArray = [String]()
let documentDirectoryPath = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(.documentDirectory, .userDomainMask, true).first!
let myFilesPath = documentDirectoryPath.appending("/FolderName")
let files = FileManager.default.enumerator(atPath: myFilesPath)
while let file = files?.nextObject() {
//myfilesPath - Path
//file - fileName
fileNameArray.append(file as! String)
}
print(fileNameArray)
return fileNameArray
}