How to call an directory when saving - ios

II have created multiple directories like this
NSArray *directoryNames = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:#"hats",#"bottoms",#"right",#"left",nil];
however I do not know how to save into a specific directory.I save like this
NSString *filePath = [folderPath stringByAppendingPathComponent:#"IMAGE_NAME_HERE.PNG"];
NSData *imageData = UIImagePNGRepresentation(captureImage.image);
[imageData writeToFile:filePath atomically:YES];
However I do not know how to specify the directory. I only want the user to save into directory hats. How can I do this?

NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
NSString *docsPath = [paths objectAtIndex:0];
NSString *imageCacheDirPath = [docsPath stringByAppendingPathComponent:#"hats"];
NSString *imageCachePath = [imageCacheDirPath stringByAppendingPathComponent:#"IMAGE_NAME_HERE.PNG"];
if (![[NSFileManager defaultManager] fileExistsAtPath: imageCacheDirPath])
[[NSFileManager defaultManager] createDirectoryAtPath:imageCacheDirPath
withIntermediateDirectories:NO
attributes:nil
error:NULL];
[[NSFileManager defaultManager] createFileAtPath:imageCachePath
contents:dataObj
attributes:nil];

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saving and retrieving files to an array in documents directory Xcode iOS

I have an app that I want to save a username for each person that I play a game with and then retrieve it into an array that can be used to create headers for a tableview. I am using this code to save the files.
NSError *error;
NSFileManager *fileMgr = [NSFileManager defaultManager];
NSArray *documentPaths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
NSString *documentsDirectory = [documentPaths objectAtIndex:0];
NSString *slash2 = [documentsDirectory stringByAppendingString:#"/Names"];
if (![[NSFileManager defaultManager] fileExistsAtPath:slash2])
[[NSFileManager defaultManager] createDirectoryAtPath:slash2 withIntermediateDirectories:NO attributes:nil error:&error1];
//yourName is the userName of the challenger
NSString *fullPath = [slash2 stringByAppendingPathComponent:yourName];
and when I look at the path
NSLog(#"path :%#",fullPath);
I get
"Names/Mary",
"Names/John",
I would like to then get these names form the documents directory into an array to use is the tableview. I have tried
NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
NSString *documentsDirectory = [paths objectAtIndex:0];
NSString *slasha = [documentsDirectory stringByAppendingPathComponent:#"/Names"];
NSArray *arrayFromFile = [NSArray arrayWithContentsOfFile:slasha];
for (NSString *element in arrayFromFile)
NSLog(#"Names: %#", element);
but nothing shows up
What am I doing wrong and how can I do this
user1114881,
Creating folders to show challengers name in tableView header, Seriously ??? I will say its a very wrong approach.
That being said, now let me fix your problem,
NSError *error;
NSFileManager *fileMgr = [NSFileManager defaultManager];
NSArray *documentPaths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
NSString *documentsDirectory = [documentPaths objectAtIndex:0];
NSString *slash2 = [documentsDirectory stringByAppendingString:#"/Names"];
if (![[NSFileManager defaultManager] fileExistsAtPath:slash2])
[[NSFileManager defaultManager] createDirectoryAtPath:slash2 withIntermediateDirectories:NO attributes:nil error:&error1];
//yourName is the userName of the challenger
NSString *fullPath = [slash2 stringByAppendingPathComponent:yourName];
BOOL Success = [[NSFileManager defaultManager] createFileAtPath:fullPath contents:nil attributes:nil];
Mistake you were doing was, you never created a file for the user, you just created a folder called Names. You need to call createFileAtPath to create file.
In order to read all the files in folder use
NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
NSString *documentsDirectory = [paths objectAtIndex:0];
NSString *slasha = [documentsDirectory stringByAppendingPathComponent:#"/Names"];
NSArray * directoryContents = [[NSFileManager defaultManager] contentsOfDirectoryAtPath:slasha error:nil];
You must be able to see the list of all files inside folder Names now :)
Happy coding.

Writing and retrieving files from NSDocumentDirectory iOS

I want to download a file(pdf, doc, docx etc) in NSFileManager from some specific URL. Later on when user taps on same link I want to retrieve the file from NSFileManager. Here is the code I've done:
- (void)checkIfFileExist {
NSString *path1;
NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
path1 = [[paths objectAtIndex:0] stringByAppendingPathComponent:#"Content-Directory"];
path1 = [path1 stringByAppendingPathComponent:#"sample.pdf"];
NSLog(#"The read path is %#", path1);
if ([[NSFileManager defaultManager] fileExistsAtPath:path1])
{
//File exists
NSData *file1 = [[NSData alloc] initWithContentsOfFile:path1];
if (file1)
{
}
}
else
{
NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:#"http://fzs.sve-mo.ba/sites/default/files/dokumenti-vijesti/sample.pdf"];
NSData *urlData = [NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:url];
NSString *path;
NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
path = [[paths objectAtIndex:0] stringByAppendingPathComponent:#"Content-Directory"];
path = [path stringByAppendingPathComponent:#"sample.pdf"];
NSLog(#"The written path is %#", path);
[[NSFileManager defaultManager] createFileAtPath:path
contents:urlData
attributes:nil];
}
}
Now here every time I'm trying to fetch the file from file manager the condition that file exists always returning me FALSE. The paths where I'm writing and reading the file are same as I've checked them on console. Any mistake that I've done?
Add this
if (![[NSFileManager defaultManager] fileExistsAtPath:path]){[[NSFileManager defaultManager] createDirectoryAtPath:path withIntermediateDirectories:NO attributes:nil error:nil];}
after
path = [[paths objectAtIndex:0] stringByAppendingPathComponent:#"Content-Directory"];
in your else part and replace
[[NSFileManager defaultManager] createFileAtPath:path contents:urlData attributes:nil];` with `[urlData writeToFile:path atomically:YES];

need to access directory list in ios

I need to create a folder and files in this path
/var/mobile/Containers/Data/
but when I look for it can't find the folder
my code >>
NSError *error;
NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDownloadsDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
NSString *documentsDirectory = #"/var/mobile/Containers";//[paths objectAtIndex:0]; // Get documents folder
NSString *dataPath = [documentsDirectory stringByAppendingPathComponent:#"MyNewFolder/myDB.db"];
if (![[NSFileManager defaultManager] fileExistsAtPath:dataPath])
[[NSFileManager defaultManager] createDirectoryAtPath:dataPath withIntermediateDirectories:NO attributes:nil error:&error];
I dint really understood your problem . Hope this helps :
NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSCachesDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
NSString *path = [paths objectAtIndex:0];
NSLog(#"Saving");
NSUserDefaults *prefs = [[NSUserDefaults alloc] init];
NSString *path1 = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"/var/mobile/Containers"];
NSString *dataPath = [path stringByAppendingPathComponent:path1];
dataPath = [dataPath stringByStandardizingPath];
filePath = [dataPath stringByAppendingPathComponent:#"MyNewFolder/myDB.db"];
Here's the iOS 8 approach Apple recommends to retrieve the location of the Documents directory:
// Returns the URL to the application's Documents directory.
- (NSURL *)applicationDocumentsDirectory
{
return [[[NSFileManager defaultManager] URLsForDirectory:NSDocumentDirectory inDomains:NSUserDomainMask] lastObject];
}
Create Folder
//-- to select path from image--//
AppDelegate *del = (AppDelegate*)[[UIApplication sharedApplication]delegate];
NSString *dataPath=[del.databasePath copy];
NSString *Documentpath=[del.path_Folder_Document copy];
NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
NSString *documentsDirectory = [paths objectAtIndex:0]; // Fetch path for document directory
dataPath = (NSMutableString *)[documentsDirectory stringByAppendingPathComponent:#"/Images"];
Pathforimage=dataPath;
Add Folder if not Exist
if (![[NSFileManager defaultManager] createDirectoryAtPath:Pathforimage withIntermediateDirectories:NO attributes:nil error:nil])
{
//NSLog(#"directory... /Images already exist..");
}
else
{
//NSLog(#"directory created!");
}
NSString *pathforAudios=[NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#/Images_Audio",Documentpath];
if (![[NSFileManager defaultManager] createDirectoryAtPath:pathforAudios withIntermediateDirectories:NO attributes:nil error:nil])
{
//NSLog(#"directory... /Images already exist..");
}
else
{
//NSLog(#"directory created!");
}
//-- end of path --//
Save Image to Folder
//Save Image to Documents Directory
NSString *imagePath = [Pathforimage stringByAppendingPathComponent:[NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#.jpg",Img_File_Name]];
[UIImageJPEGRepresentation(image, 0.1) writeToFile:imagePath atomically:YES];
imagePath=nil;
image=nil;
Delete Files/Folder
NSFileManager *fileMgr = [NSFileManager defaultManager];
NSError *error = nil;
NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
NSString *documentsDirectory = [paths objectAtIndex:0];
NSArray *files = [fileMgr contentsOfDirectoryAtPath:documentsDirectory error:nil];
NSLog(#"files =%#",files);
NSString *Images_Folder = (NSMutableString *)[documentsDirectory stringByAppendingPathComponent:#"/Images"];
NSArray *fileArray = [fileMgr contentsOfDirectoryAtPath:Images_Folder error:nil];
for (NSString *filename in fileArray)
{
NSLog(#"Images =%#",filename);
[fileMgr removeItemAtPath:[Images_Folder stringByAppendingPathComponent:filename] error:NULL];
}
NSString *Images_Audio_Folder = (NSMutableString *)[documentsDirectory stringByAppendingPathComponent:#"/Images_Audio"];
NSArray *fileArray1 = [fileMgr contentsOfDirectoryAtPath:Images_Audio_Folder error:nil];
for (NSString *filename in fileArray1)
{
NSLog(#"Images_Audio =%#",filename);
[fileMgr removeItemAtPath:[Images_Audio_Folder stringByAppendingPathComponent:filename] error:NULL];
}
Create floder
NSError *error;
NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
NSString *documentsDirectory = [paths objectAtIndex:0]; // Get documents folder
NSString *dataPath = [documentsDirectory stringByAppendingPathComponent:#"/MyNewFolder"];
NSFileManager *fileManager = [NSFileManager defaultManager];
if (![fileManager fileExistsAtPath:dataPath]){
[fileManager createDirectoryAtPath:dataPath withIntermediateDirectories:YES attributes:nil error:&error]; //Create folder
}else{
NSLog(#"exist");
}
NSLog(#"dataPath:%#",dataPath);

Files added to documents directory shows up in Simulator but nothing in iphone

This is the code I'm using and it works in simulator but showing nothing in idevice. If I add an folder or a file through ifunbox it shows up in device though. Do I need any permission to create or add files?
NSError *error;
NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
NSString *documentsDirectory = [paths objectAtIndex:0]; // Get documents folder
NSString *dataPath = [documentsDirectory stringByAppendingPathComponent:[NSString stringWithFormat: #"/Folders/%#", self.txtFolder.text]];
NSLog(#"%#", dataPath);
if (![[NSFileManager defaultManager] fileExistsAtPath:dataPath])
{
[[NSFileManager defaultManager] createDirectoryAtPath:dataPath withIntermediateDirectories:NO attributes:nil error:&error]; //Create folder
[sec1Contents addObject:self.txtFolder.text];
sec1 = [NSArray arrayWithArray:sec1Contents];
[self.tblFiles reloadData];
}
thanks in advance.
Use this code :
NSURL *allitemsImageurl =[NSURL URLWithString: url];
NSData *allItemsImageData = data1; // Load XML data from web
NSArray * paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
NSString * documentsDirectoryPath = [paths objectAtIndex:0];
NSString *st1=[ #"img_" stringByAppendingString:[NSString stringWithFormat:#"%d.png",imageCount]];
NSString *allitemsImagePath = [documentsDirectoryPath stringByAppendingPathComponent:st1];
NSLog(#"%#",allitemsImagePath);
[allItemsImageData writeToFile:allitemsImagePath atomically:TRUE];

Counting up when saving

I am saving an image however it is just duplicating itself since I only set only one name however I want it to count up so that it wont replace itself. Is there any way to do this?
NSArray *directoryNames = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:#"hats",#"bottoms",#"right",#"left",nil];
NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
NSString *documentsDirectory = [paths objectAtIndex:0]; // Get documents folder
for (int i = 0; i < [directoryNames count] ; i++) {
NSString *dataPath = [documentsDirectory stringByAppendingPathComponent:[directoryNames objectAtIndex:i]];
if (![[NSFileManager defaultManager] fileExistsAtPath:dataPath])
[[NSFileManager defaultManager] createDirectoryAtPath:dataPath withIntermediateDirectories:NO attributes:nil error:nil]; //Create folder
NSString *folderPath = [documentsDirectory stringByAppendingPathComponent:#"hats"]; // "right" is at index 2, per comments & code
NSString *filePath = [folderPath stringByAppendingPathComponent:#"hats.PNG"]; // you maybe want to incorporate a timestamp into the name to avoid duplicates
NSData *imageData = UIImagePNGRepresentation(captureImage.image);
[imageData writeToFile:filePath atomically:YES];
}
Use timestamp value as filename to avoid duplicates

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