NSData dataWithContentsOfFile returning null

Question

I am trying to fetching a JSON file which exist in my xcode resources using this code

-(void)readJsonFiles
{
    NSString *str=[[[NSBu         


        

Answer 1

Instead of appending the path, use pathForResource:ofType:, so

NSString *str=[[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"classes" ofType:@"json"];

NSData *fileData = [NSData dataWithContentsOfFile:str];

Answer 2

It's failed to read your file for some reason. Use -dataWithContentsOfFile:options:error: to find out why.

NSError* error = nil;
NSData *fileData = [NSData dataWithContentsOfFile:str options: 0 error: &error];
if (fileData == nil)
{
   NSLog(@"Failed to read file, error %@", error);
}
else
{
    // parse the JSON etc
}

Answer 3

NSString *filePath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"MyFile" ofType:@"txt"];  
NSData *myData = [NSData dataWithContentsOfFile:filePath];  

Answer 4

There is the solution for Swift 3 :

//create a fil's path, decompose name and extension
let path = Bundle.main.path(forResource: "anim-gif-1", ofType: "gif")
//get the data asociated to this file
let file = NSData(contentsOfFile: path!)

Answer 5

You can follow this to get NSData from your document directory

NSString *stringPath = [NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES) lastObject];

stringPath  = [stringPath stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"JSON_FILE_NAME.json"];
NSLog(@"stringpath %@",stringPath);
NSData *fileData = [NSData dataWithContentsOfFile:stringPath];

Hope this will work for you.

Answer 6

You need to use pathforResource with resourcetype and check if there is data in your file.

That should not be nil.