pathForResource? without using extension (Iphone)

Question

Here is what I\'m doing, when I create an image with the path in the bundle:

UIImage *image = [UIImage imageWithContentsOfFile:[[NSBundle mainBundle] pathFo         


        

Answer 1

- (NSData *)applicationDataFromFile:(NSString *)fileName {
    NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
    NSString *documentsDirectory = [paths objectAtIndex:0];
    NSString *appFile = [documentsDirectory stringByAppendingPathComponent:fileName];
    NSData *myData = [[[NSData alloc] initWithContentsOfFile:appFile] autorelease];
    return myData;
}

taken from http://developer.apple.com/iphone/library/documentation/iPhone/Conceptual/iPhoneOSProgrammingGuide/FilesandNetworking/FilesandNetworking.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40007072-CH21-SW21

Could be easily adapted if you wanted it to return a UIImage instead of an NSData.

Also, you don't say if you are saving the images to the documents directory, or adding them to your app bundle before compiling. because if it's the latter, you can use [UIImage imageNamed:(NSString *)filename] to get the image. It expects an extension as part of the file-name.