How can I convert my device token (NSData) into an NSString?

Question

I am implementing push notifications. I\'d like to save my APNS Token as a String.

- (void)application:(UIApplication *)application
didRegisterForRemoteNotif         


        

Answer 1

For Swift :

var characterSet: NSCharacterSet = NSCharacterSet( charactersInString: "<>" )
    var deviceTokenString: String = ( deviceToken.description as NSString )
    .stringByTrimmingCharactersInSet( characterSet )
    .stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString( " ", withString: "" ) as String

println( deviceTokenString )

Answer 2

You could use this

- (NSString *)stringWithDeviceToken:(NSData *)deviceToken {
    const char *data = [deviceToken bytes];
    NSMutableString *token = [NSMutableString string];

    for (NSUInteger i = 0; i < [deviceToken length]; i++) {
        [token appendFormat:@"%02.2hhX", data[i]];
    }

    return [token copy];
}

Answer 3

2020

token as text...

let tat = deviceToken.map{ data in String(format: "%02.2hhx", data) }.joined()

or if you prefer

let tat2 = deviceToken.map { String(format: "%02.2hhx", $0) }.joined()

(result is the same)

Answer 4

It's my solution and It works well in my app:

    NSString* newToken = [[[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@",deviceToken] 
stringByTrimmingCharactersInSet:[NSCharacterSet characterSetWithCharactersInString:@"<>"]] stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@" " withString:@""];

• convert NSData to NSString with stringWithFormat
• trim the "<>"
• remove the spaces

Answer 5

What about one line solution?

Objective C

NSString *token = [[data.description componentsSeparatedByCharactersInSet:[[NSCharacterSet alphanumericCharacterSet]invertedSet]]componentsJoinedByString:@""];

Swift

let token = data.description.componentsSeparatedByCharactersInSet(NSCharacterSet.alphanumericCharacterSet().invertedSet).joinWithSeparator("")

Answer 6

For those who want in Swift 3 and most easier method

func extractTokenFromData(deviceToken:Data) -> String {
    let token = deviceToken.reduce("", {$0 + String(format: "%02X", $1)})
    return token.uppercased();
}