How can I read a large UTF-8 file on an iPhone?

Question

My app downloads a file in UTF-8 format, which is too large to read using the NSString initWithContentsOfFile method. The problem I have is that the NSFileHan

Answer 1

One approach would be to

1. read up to a certain point -
2. then examine the last byte(s) to determine if it is splitting a UTF-8 character
3. if not - read the next chunk
4. if yes, get the next byte and fix - then read the next chunk