How to convert CFStringRef to NSString?

Question

NSString *aNSString;
CFStringRef aCFString;
aCFString = CFStringCreateWithCString(NULL, [aNSString UTF8String], NSUTF8StringEncoding);
aCFString = CFXMLCreateStringB         


        

Answer 1

I was having an issue with ARC and the retain count of CFStrings. Using NilObjects answer with a slight tweak worked perfect for me. I just added retained eg.

CFStringRef cfstringRef = (__bridge_retained  CFStringRef)aNsString;