Sending a email with pdf attachment from documents directory Objective c - ios

Question

I am having issues getting my program to accept the path I gave it and returning it as NSData
// Get the resource path and read the file using NSData
NSString *searchFilename = #"SafetyAuditReport.pdf"; // name of the PDF you are searching for
NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
NSString *documentsDirectory = [paths objectAtIndex:0];
NSDirectoryEnumerator *direnum = [[NSFileManager defaultManager] enumeratorAtPath:documentsDirectory];
NSString *documentsSubpath;
while (documentsSubpath = [direnum nextObject])
{
if (![documentsSubpath.lastPathComponent isEqual:searchFilename]) {
continue;
}
NSLog(#"found %#", documentsSubpath);
}
NSData *pdfData = [NSData dataWithContentsOfFile:documentsSubpath];
// Determine the MIME type
NSString *mimeType = #"application/pdf";
MFMailComposeViewController *mc = [[MFMailComposeViewController alloc] init];
mc.mailComposeDelegate = self;
[mc setSubject:emailTitle];
[mc setMessageBody:messageBody isHTML:NO];
[mc setToRecipients:toRecipents];
[mc addAttachmentData:pdfData mimeType:mimeType fileName:#""];
NSLog(#"data was loaded.......");
// Present mail view controller on screen
[self presentViewController:mc animated:YES completion:nil];
When ever the program gets the the emailing section it throws a nil exception for addAttachmentData:pdfData mimeType:mimeType fileName: saying the variable I gave it was nil (pdfData) when I know the file exists in the documents directory.
Thanks in advance

Answer 1

plz use this code
- (IBAction)sendMailWithAttachedFile
{
MFMailComposeViewController *picker = [[MFMailComposeViewController alloc] init];
picker.mailComposeDelegate = self;
// NSURL* outputURL = [[NSURL alloc] initFileURLWithPath:[self pathForResourse:fileName ofType:extension]];
//Get the file path
NSString *documentsDirectory = [NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains (NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES) objectAtIndex:0];
NSString *path = [documentsDirectory stringByAppendingPathComponent:#"data.pdf"];
NSURL* outputURL = [[NSURL alloc] initFileURLWithPath:path];
NSData *data=[[NSData alloc]initWithContentsOfURL:outputURL];
[picker addAttachmentData:data mimeType:#"application/pdf" fileName:#"data.pdf"];
[self presentModalViewController:picker animated:YES];
}
-(void)mailComposeController:(MFMailComposeViewController*)controller didFinishWithResult:(MFMailComposeResult)result error:(NSError*)error {
[self dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:nil];
}

Answer 2

Here is how we did it.....
NSString *path = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains( NSDocumentDirectory,NSUserDomainMask, YES);
documentsDirectory = [paths objectAtIndex:0];
path = [[NSBundle mainBundle]pathForResource:#"Name of File" ofType:#"pdf"];
NSData *pdfData = [NSData dataWithContentsOfFile:path];
MFMailComposeViewController *mail = [[MFMailComposeViewController alloc] init];
mail.editing = YES;
mail.mailComposeDelegate = self;
[mail setSubject:#"Your subject"];
[pdfData writeToFile:path atomically:NO];
[mail addAttachmentData:pdfData mimeType:#"application/pdf" fileName:#"Name OF File.pdf"];
[self presentViewController:mail animated:YES completion:NULL];