Problem writing string to a file ...(iPhone SDK ) - iphone

I want to grab all URL's accessed in webview and write them to a text file.I don't want to use writeToFile coz in -(BOOL)webView method it would overwrite instead of appending to file. I can create file but all it writes to that file is string I used to create the file using FileManager createFileAtPath with Content ...
Also in the -(BOOL) webView method... when I tried to see if the file is read-only or writable ( isWritableFileAtPath ) it gives read-only.
POSIX Permissions in viewDidLoad -> 511 ...
checked file attributes in terminal going to that location its -rwxrwxrwx
I am new to Stack Overflow don't know how to post code here so using pastebin...http://pastebin.com/Tx7CsXVB
- (void)viewDidLoad {
[super viewDidLoad];
[myBrowser loadRequest:[NSURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:#"http://www.apple.com"]]]; // UIWebView *myBrowser; is an instance variable
NSFileManager *fileMgr=[NSFileManager defaultManager];
NSDictionary* fileAttrs = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObject:[NSNumber numberWithInteger:777] forKey:NSFilePosixPermissions]; /*for setting attribute to rwx for all users */
NSDictionary *attribs; // To read attributes after writing something to file
NSString *aPath = [NSHomeDirectory() stringByAppendingPathComponent:#"Documents/file1.txt"];
myBrowser.delegate = self; // UIWebView delegate Self
// if the File Doesn't exist create one
if([fileMgr fileExistsAtPath:aPath])
{
NSLog(#"File Exists at this Location");
}
else
{
NSString *someString = #"This is start of file";
NSData *startString =[someString dataUsingEncoding: NSASCIIStringEncoding];
[fileMgr createFileAtPath:aPath contents:startString attributes: fileAttrs]; // earlier attributes was nil changed to fileAttrs
}
NSLog(#"aPath is %#",aPath);
attribs = [fileMgr attributesOfItemAtPath:aPath error: NULL];
NSLog (#"Created on %#", [attribs objectForKey: NSFileCreationDate]);
NSLog (#"File type %#", [attribs objectForKey: NSFileType]);
NSLog (#"POSIX Permissions %#", [attribs objectForKey: NSFilePosixPermissions]);
}
//UIWebView delegate calls this method every time user touches any embedded URL's in the current WebPage. I want to grab all the URL's accessed and write them to file.
- (BOOL)webView:(UIWebView *)webView shouldStartLoadWithRequest:(NSURLRequest *)request navigationType:(UIWebViewNavigationType)navigationType {
NSFileManager *fileManager =[NSFileManager defaultmanager];
NSString *path = [NSHomeDirectory() stringByAppendingPathComponent:#"Documents/file1.txt"];
fileHandle = [NSFileHandle fileHandleForWritingAtPath:path];
[fileHandle seekToEndOfFile]; // Moved up next to fileHandleForWritingAtPath since the above would place pointer to start of file again so setting handle to seek to End of File
/* section of code to check if the file at that path is writable or not */
if ([fileManager isWritableFileAtPath:path] == YES)
NSLog (#"File is writable");
else
NSLog (#"File is read only");
/* section of code to check if the file at that path is writable or not ENDS*/
NSURL *url = request.URL;
NSString *currenturl = url.absoluteString;
NSString *currentURL = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#\n",currenturl];
NSString *str =[NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#",currentURL];/* has already been set up */
[fileHandle writeData:[str dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];
// testing if string has been written to file by reading it...
NSData *dataBuffer = [fileMgr contentsAtPath:path];
NSString *some;
some = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:dataBuffer encoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding];
NSLog(#"SOme String is: %#",some);
[fileHandle closeFile];
}

I think your issue may be that you're testing Documents/file1.txt and not /Documents/file1.txt
The leading '/' is important
[edit]
May I make a suggestion? Distill this down to what works first and then figure out what makes it fail?
I would recommend using the following form and continuing from there:
if ([fileManager isWritableFileAtPath: #"/Documents/file1.txt"] == YES)
NSLog (#"File is writable");
else
NSLog (#"File is read only");
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Data persistance tableView issue iPhone(reading and writing to plist)

In my application I want to implement a simple Alarm function. I know how to use UILocalNotifications, but I came across this source code with a like UI of the iPhone's native Clock app alarm area as well as it having a believe a type of data persistence. Two things I am not good at interface design and data persistence this source code has. But I downloaded it and started playing around with it to find the alarms are not persistent.
Download
Does anyone know how the source code can be adjusted so that it is persistent and the plist can be saved and read to and from? I am open to learning too, this area is somewhat unknown to me too. Thanks
I review your code and find issue that you not moved your "Alarms.plist" file form resource to document directory. we are not able to edit file which is in resource folder. so write following code in app delegate file.
NSString *documentsDirectory = [NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES) objectAtIndex:0];
NSString *theFileName = #"Alarms.plist"; //Change this appropriately
NSString *oldPath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:#"Alarms" ofType:#"plist"];//[NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#/Inbox/%#", documentsDirectory, theFileName];
NSString *newPath = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#/%#", documentsDirectory, theFileName];
if (![[NSFileManager defaultManager] fileExistsAtPath:newPath])
[[NSFileManager defaultManager] moveItemAtPath:oldPath toPath:newPath error:nil];
Perform save operation on file which is in Document directory folder.
try this code... to save plist from bundle to Document Directory
Notice that you will have "Unable to read... " just at the first app launch
- (NSMutableArray *)displayedObjects
{
if (_displayedObjects == nil)
{
NSString *path = [[self class] pathForDocumentWithName:#"Alarms.plist"];
NSArray *alarmDicts = [NSMutableArray arrayWithContentsOfFile:path];
if (alarmDicts == nil)
{
NSLog(#"Unable to read plist file: %#", path);
NSLog(#"copy Alarms.plist to: %#", path);
NSString *pathToSetingbundle = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:#"Alarms" ofType:#"plist"];
[[NSFileManager defaultManager]copyItemAtPath:pathToSetingbundle toPath:path error:nil];
}
_displayedObjects = [[NSMutableArray alloc]
initWithCapacity:[alarmDicts count]];
for (NSDictionary *currDict in alarmDicts)
{
Alarm *alarm = [[Alarm alloc] initWithDictionary:currDict];
[_displayedObjects addObject:alarm];
NSLog(#"#disply obj %#", alarm);
}
}
return _displayedObjects;
}

How can I zip multiple images within my App

Within my App I'm using the Camera to take several pictures. These pictures need to be sended in one time. For that reason I'm trying to implement a function to compress the photo's I took.
I've been looking on the internet for several libraries which I could use within my project. I came out with Objective Zip (http://code.google.com/p/objective-zip/wiki/GettingStarted). However the only thing I succeeded was compressing (or decompressing) text-files. But compressing (or decompressing) photo's is not mentioned.
I've succeeded with converting my token photo's to a NSData object. Now i want to compress them to a Zip file. Is there anyone who have had experience with these kind of functions.
Help is greatly appreciated!
Edit
I'm now using the Objective Zip library but my App keeps crashing. Still getting the known error "Thread 1: Program reveived signal : "SIGARBT" ". I'm trying to zip one image I took with the camera and stored in the documents directory.
Within the snippet you can see that I'm calling the photo I took and zipping it with the ZipFile method. In the end I'm sending my zip-file as an email attachment.
Here's a snippet of my code:
-(IBAction)sendID{
NSString *docDir3 = [NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES) objectAtIndex:0];
NSString *docDir4 = [NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES) objectAtIndex:0];
NSString *pngFilePath3 = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#/photo.png",docDir3];
// Create the zip file
ZipFile *zipFile = [[ZipFile alloc] initWithFileName:docDir4 mode:ZipFileModeCreate];
// Read the files in the data directory
NSError *error = nil;
NSArray *files = [[NSFileManager defaultManager] contentsOfDirectoryAtPath:pngFilePath3 error:&error];
//ZipWriteStream *stream1= [zipFile writeFileInZipWithName:#"abc.txt" fileDate:[NSDate //dateWithTimeIntervalSinceNow:-86400.0] compressionLevel:ZipCompressionLevelBest];
// Write each file to our zip
for (NSString *filename in files) {
// Write the file
ZipWriteStream *stream = [zipFile writeFileInZipWithName:filename compressionLevel:ZipCompressionLevelBest];
NSData *data = [NSData dataWithContentsOfFile:pngFilePath3];
[stream writeData:data];
[stream finishedWriting];
}
// Close the zip file
[zipFile close];
NSData *data = [NSData dataWithContentsOfFile:#"Test.zip"];
MFMailComposeViewController *picker = [[MFMailComposeViewController alloc] init];
picker.mailComposeDelegate=self;
//NSData *imageData = UIImageJPEGRepresentation(viewImage, 1);
[picker addAttachmentData:data mimeType:#"application/zip" fileName:#"Test.zip"];
Class mailclass = (NSClassFromString(#"MFMailComposeViewController"));
if([mailclass canSendMail]){
[self presentModalViewController:picker animated:YES];
}
}
Hope anyone can help me out.
I know this is an old thread, but here's how I zip up multiple files using Objective-Zip:
- (NSString*) objectiveZip:(NSArray*)passedFiles
{
NSString *outputPath = [self getOutputDirectory];
NSString *zipFileName = #"MyZip.zip";
outputPath = [outputPath stringByAppendingString:zipFileName];
//Create a zip file for writing
ZipFile *zipFile= [[ZipFile alloc] initWithFileName:outputPath mode:ZipFileModeCreate];
//Add all the files, write to its stream and close it
for(NSString *string in passedFiles)
{
NSString *fileName = string;
NSLog(#"Add file to zip: %#", fileName);
ZipWriteStream *stream1= [zipFile writeFileInZipWithName:fileName fileDate:[NSDate dateWithTimeIntervalSinceNow:-86400.0] compressionLevel:ZipCompressionLevelBest];
[stream1 writeData:[NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:[NSURL URLWithString:info.pdfUrl]]];
[stream1 finishedWriting];
}
// Close the zip file
[zipFile close];
return outputPath;
}
The best zip lib I've found is SSZipArchive. Give that one a shot.
NSString *temp=[[[makeZip textFieldAtIndex:0]text]stringByAppendingPathExtension:#"zip"];
NSString *zippedPath = [pathString stringByAppendingPathComponent:temp];
NSMutableArray *inputPaths=[[NSMutableArray alloc]init];
for (int i=0; i<[selectedRows count]; i++) {
[inputPaths addObject:[pathStringstringByAppendingPathComponent:[selectedRows objectAtIndex:i]]];
}
if (![[NSFileManager defaultManager] fileExistsAtPath:zippedPath])
{
[SSZipArchive createZipFileAtPath:zippedPath withFilesAtPaths:inputPaths];
[directoryContents addObject:temp];
[tblview reloadData];
}

Not able to write into text file

I need to write a string into a file. For that, my code is:
-(void)writeToFile:(NSString *)fileName: (NSString *)data {
NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
NSString *documentsDirectory = [paths objectAtIndex:0];
// the path to write file
NSString *appFile = [documentsDirectory stringByAppendingPathComponent:fileName];
[data writeToFile:appFile atomically:YES];
}
I am calling this method like this
ownServices *obj = [[ownServices alloc]init];
[obj writeToFile:#"iphone.txt" :#"this is mahesh babu"];
but it didn't write into the text file.
What's the reason? Can anyone please help me.
Thank u in advance.
The most likely problem is that the documents directory does not exist. Create it if it doesn't, then write to it:
NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(
NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
NSString *parentDir = [paths objectAtIndex:0];
/* Create the parent directory.
* This is expected to fail if the directory already exists. */
(void)[[NSFileManager defaultManager]
createDirectoryAtPath:parentDir
withIntermediateDirectories:YES
attributes:nil error:NULL];
NSString *path = [parentDir stringByAppendingPathComponent:fileName];
/* Now write, and if it fails, you'll know why thanks to the |error| arg. */
NSError *error = nil;
BOOL ok = [data writeToFile:path options:NSDataWritingAtomic error:&error];
if (!ok) {
NSLog(#"%s: Failed to write to %#: %#", __func__, path, error);
}
Even simpler would be to use the latest API, which will create the directory for you if it doesn't already exist:
NSError *error = nil;
NSURL *parentURL = [[NSFileManager defaultManager]
URLForDirectory:NSDocumentDirectory inDomain:NSUserDomainMask
appropriateForURL:nil create:YES error:&error];
if (!parentURL) {
NSLog(#"%s: *** Failed to get documents directory: %#", __func__, error):
return;
}
NSURL *furl = [parentURL URLByAppendingPathComponent:fileName];
error = nil;
BOOL ok = [data writeToURL:furl options:NSDataWritingAtomic error:&error];
if (!ok) {
NSLog(#"%s: *** Failed to write to %#: %#", __func__, furl, error);
}
Firstly, you are calling your method strangely. Rename the method to
-(void)writeString:(NSString *) data toFile:(NSString *)fileName
and call it like so:
[obj writeString:#"this is mahesh babu" toFile:#"iphone.txt"];
Secondly, writeToFile:atomically: is deprecated, use writeToFile:atomically:encoding:error::
NSError *error = nil;
BOOL success = [data writeToFile:appFile atomically:YES encoding:NSUTF8Encoding error:&error];
if (!success) {
NSLog(#"Error: %#", [error userInfo]);
}
This way, you also see what the error is.
Your code looks OK. Use the debugger (or an NSLog statement) to verify the values of data and appFile. If data is nil, nothing will happen (including no errors) because sending a message to nil is a no-op. It's also possible that appFile is not the path you think it is.
Check the permissions of the directory you are trying to write to (ls -la). On the device you can't, but on the simulator you can. Is it read-only for you? Is it owned by another user?
Assuming that isn't the problem, try calling with atomically:NO. Atomic file writing is performed by writing a file, then renaming it to replace the old one. If the problem is there, that will isolate the problem.
Bonus Style Critique
Class names should start with an uppercase letter: OwnServices instead of ownServices
Although your method name is perfectly valid, it's unusual to have two parameters with no words to separate them. A name like writeToFile:string: would be better.
Don't name a variable data if it is meant to point to an instance of something other than NSData. It's confusing, and there's almost a better (more specific) word you can use beside "data".

Writing and reading text files on the iPhone

As a practice, I am trying to write an app similar to the built-in notes app.
But I cannot figure out how to save the file and display it in a UITableView.
Right now, I have a UITextView that the user can type in. I also have a save button.
When the user taps the save button, I want to save it, and later have it displayed in a table view.
I am very lost so if you know of any relevant tutorials etc. it would be greatly appreciated.
As noted by the commenters in the real world, you're definitely going to want to look at Core Data or some other data persistence strategy. If you're dead set on pursuing this as a learning experience, something like this should solve your problem:
- (void)writeStringToFile:(NSString*)aString {
// Build the path, and create if needed.
NSString* filePath = [NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES) objectAtIndex:0];
NSString* fileName = #"myTextFile.txt";
NSString* fileAtPath = [filePath stringByAppendingPathComponent:fileName];
if (![[NSFileManager defaultManager] fileExistsAtPath:fileAtPath]) {
[[NSFileManager defaultManager] createFileAtPath:fileAtPath contents:nil attributes:nil];
}
// The main act...
[[aString dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding] writeToFile:fileAtPath atomically:NO];
}
- (NSString*)readStringFromFile {
// Build the path...
NSString* filePath = [NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES) objectAtIndex:0];
NSString* fileName = #"myTextFile.txt";
NSString* fileAtPath = [filePath stringByAppendingPathComponent:fileName];
// The main act...
return [[[NSString alloc] initWithData:[NSData dataWithContentsOfFile:fileAtPath] encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding] autorelease];
}
The easiest way to save text is using NSUserDefaults.
[[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] setObject:theText forKey:#"SavedTextKey"];
or, if you want to have the user name each "file" or be able to have multiple files
NSMutableDictionary *saveTextDict = [[[[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] objectForKey:#"SavedTextKey"] mutableCopy] autorelease];
if (saveTextDict == nil) {
saveTextDict = [NSMutableDictionary dictionary];
}
[saveTextDict setObject:theText forKey:fileName];
[[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] setObject:saveTextDict forKey:#SavedTextKey"];

Loading a web page in iphone and check history

Pseudo code
pageUrl = "http://www.google.com"
if(pageUrl == never Downloaded)
Download pageUrl
else
{
Display Saved Version
Mean while download pageUrl
When done display new version
}
How can I do something like this in objective C for a UIWebview?
Also what's the best way to save web pages for this scenario? PList, SQLite?
Plist is the best way to solve your problem.
iPhone/Objective-c can access very quickly to plist file as compare to SQLite Database.
Let me give you some sample code.
See - edit After some time.
Edit :
Steps for Creating project & connecting web-view
Create New Project -> View Based Application.
Give name "yourProjName" ( up to you what you give )
Open "yourProjNameViewController.xib"
Drag & drop UIWebView
Open "yourProjNameViewController.h" File
Place a variable IBOutlet UIWebView *wView;
Connect in interface builder
Steps for adding Property list file to your project
Expand Resources Group under your project tree
Right click on "Resources" -> Add -> New File
Select Template Category - osx -> Resource
Select Property List file
Give file name "LoadedURL.plist"
Change Root type to Array
Save "LoadedURL.plist" file
Now place following code to "yourProjNameViewController.m" file.
#import "yourProjNameViewController.h"
#define documentsDirectory_Statement NSString *documentsDirectory; \
NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES); \
documentsDirectory = [paths objectAtIndex:0];
#implementation WebViewLoadViewController
- (void)viewDidLoad {
[super viewDidLoad];
// your url to load
NSString *strToLoad=#"http://www.mail.yahoo.com";
// file management code
// copy file to documents directory
documentsDirectory_Statement;
NSFileManager *fm=[NSFileManager defaultManager];
if(![fm fileExistsAtPath:[documentsDirectory stringByAppendingPathComponent:#"LoadedURL.plist"]]){
[fm copyItemAtPath:[[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:#"LoadedURL" ofType:#"plist"]
toPath:[documentsDirectory stringByAppendingPathComponent:#"LoadedURL.plist"]
error:nil];
}
// array from doc-dir file
NSMutableArray *ar=[NSMutableArray arrayWithContentsOfFile:[documentsDirectory stringByAppendingPathComponent:#"LoadedURL.plist"]];
// check weather file has url data or not.
BOOL fileLocallyAvailable=NO;
NSString *strLocalFileName=nil;
NSUInteger indexOfObject=0;
if([ar count]>0){
for (NSDictionary *d in ar) {
if([[d valueForKey:#"URL"] isEqualToString:strToLoad]){
fileLocallyAvailable=YES;
strLocalFileName=[d valueForKey:#"FileName"];
break;
}
indexOfObject++;
}
}
if(fileLocallyAvailable){
NSDictionary *d=[ar objectAtIndex:indexOfObject];
strLocalFileName=[d valueForKey:#"FileName"];
} else {
NSMutableDictionary *d=[NSMutableDictionary dictionary];
[d setValue:strToLoad forKey:#"URL"];
NSString *str=[[NSString alloc] initWithContentsOfURL:[NSURL URLWithString:strToLoad]];
[str writeToFile:[documentsDirectory stringByAppendingPathComponent:[NSString stringWithFormat:#"%02i.htm",[ar count]]]
atomically:YES
encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding error:nil];
strLocalFileName=[NSString stringWithFormat:#"%02i.htm",[ar count]];
[d setValue:[NSString stringWithFormat:#"%02i.htm",[ar count]] forKey:#"FileName"];
[ar addObject:d];
[ar writeToFile:[documentsDirectory stringByAppendingPathComponent:#"LoadedURL.plist"]
atomically:YES];
}
NSURL *u=[[NSURL alloc] initFileURLWithPath:[documentsDirectory stringByAppendingPathComponent:strLocalFileName]];
NSURLRequest *re=[NSURLRequest requestWithURL:u];
[wView loadRequest:re];
[u release];
}
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