Question

I am using amazon web services to upload images. I am not able to access a value out of the GCD block. How should i access the value of “myString” in some other class?

My code:

-(void)request:(AmazonServiceRequest *)request didCompleteWithResponse:(AmazonServiceResponse *)response
{
    AppDelegate *del = [[UIApplication sharedApplication]delegate];
    if(indicatorView!=nil)
    {
        [indicatorView removeFromSuperview];
        indicatorView=nil;
    }

    UIAlertView *alert = [[UIAlertView alloc]initWithTitle:@"Upload Completed" message:@"The image was successfully uploaded." delegate:self cancelButtonTitle:@"Dismiss" otherButtonTitles:nil, nil];
    [alert show];

    //del.fileName = url;

    // Set the content type so that the browser will treat the URL as an image.
    /*S3ResponseHeaderOverrides *override = [[S3ResponseHeaderOverrides alloc] init];
    override.contentType = @"image/jpeg";

    // Request a pre-signed URL to picture that has been uplaoded.
    S3GetPreSignedURLRequest *gpsur = [[S3GetPreSignedURLRequest alloc] init];
    gpsur.key = @"NameOfThePicture";
    //del.fileName = gpsur.key;
    gpsur.bucket = @"pic-bucket";
    gpsur.expires = [NSDate dateWithTimeIntervalSinceNow:(NSTimeInterval) 3600]; // Added an hour's worth of seconds to the current time.

    gpsur.responseHeaderOverrides = override;

    // Get the URL
    NSError *error;
    url = [self.s3 getPreSignedURL:gpsur error:&error];
    NSString *myString = [url absoluteString];

    NSLog(@"myStringgg====>%@",myString);
    del.fileName = myString;
    NSLog(@"URL=====>%@",url);*/



    dispatch_queue_t queue = dispatch_get_global_queue(DISPATCH_QUEUE_PRIORITY_DEFAULT, 0);
    dispatch_async(queue, ^
    {

        // Set the content type so that the browser will treat the URL as an image.
        S3ResponseHeaderOverrides *override = [[S3ResponseHeaderOverrides alloc] init];
        override.contentType = @"image/jpeg";

        // Request a pre-signed URL to picture that has been uplaoded.
        S3GetPreSignedURLRequest *gpsur = [[S3GetPreSignedURLRequest alloc] init];
        gpsur.key = @"NameOfThePicture";
        //del.fileName = gpsur.key;
        gpsur.bucket = @"pic-bucket";
        gpsur.expires = [NSDate dateWithTimeIntervalSinceNow:(NSTimeInterval) 3600]; // Added an hour's worth of seconds to the current time.

        gpsur.responseHeaderOverrides = override;

        // Get the URL
        NSError *error;
        NSURL *url = [self.s3 getPreSignedURL:gpsur error:&error];
        NSString *myString = [url absoluteString];
        //del.fileName = myString;
        NSLog(@"URL=====>%@",url);

        if(url == nil)
        {
            if(error != nil)
            {
                dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{

                    NSLog(@"Error: %@", error);
                    //[self showAlertMessage:[error.userInfo objectForKey:@"message"] withTitle:@"Browser Error"];
                });
            }
        }
        else
        {
            dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{

                //del.fileName = myString;

                //NSLog(@"haURL===>%@",del.fileName);
            });

            del.fileName = myString;
        }


    //NSLog(@"nameURL====>%@",url);
    });




}

Now i want to access “myString” var so that i can access its value in other class. Thanks

Property declarations:

@property(nonatomic,strong)NSString *fileName; //in appdelegate.h
@property(nonatomic,strong) NSString *File; //in the same controller as GCD

Update:

    PictureViewController *pic = [[PictureViewController alloc]init];


        **NSLog(@"newNameeee====>%@",pic.File);**


        AppDelegate *del = [[UIApplication sharedApplication]delegate];
        NSLog(@"LocatedAt====>%@",del.locatedAt);


        NSLog(@"FileSize====>%d",del.fileSize);
        **NSLog(@"FileName====>%@",del.fileName);**

Answer 1

The problem is that you try to access the del.fileName before the async part of the request:didCompleteWithResponse: finishes.

Try the following: modify your code slightly be moving the del.fileName = myString to the dispatch block on the main tread:

-(void)request:(AmazonServiceRequest *)request didCompleteWithResponse:(AmazonServiceResponse *)response
{
    AppDelegate *del = [[UIApplication sharedApplication]delegate];
    if(indicatorView!=nil)
    {
        [indicatorView removeFromSuperview];
        indicatorView=nil;
    }

    UIAlertView *alert = [[UIAlertView alloc]initWithTitle:@"Upload Completed" message:@"The image was successfully uploaded." delegate:self cancelButtonTitle:@"Dismiss" otherButtonTitles:nil, nil];
    [alert show];

    dispatch_queue_t queue = dispatch_get_global_queue(DISPATCH_QUEUE_PRIORITY_DEFAULT, 0);
    dispatch_async(queue, ^
    {

        // Set the content type so that the browser will treat the URL as an image.
        S3ResponseHeaderOverrides *override = [[S3ResponseHeaderOverrides alloc] init];
        override.contentType = @"image/jpeg";

        // Request a pre-signed URL to picture that has been uplaoded.
        S3GetPreSignedURLRequest *gpsur = [[S3GetPreSignedURLRequest alloc] init];
        gpsur.key = @"NameOfThePicture";
        //del.fileName = gpsur.key;
        gpsur.bucket = @"pic-bucket";
        gpsur.expires = [NSDate dateWithTimeIntervalSinceNow:(NSTimeInterval) 3600]; // Added an hour's worth of seconds to the current time.

        gpsur.responseHeaderOverrides = override;

        // Get the URL
        NSError *error;
        NSURL *url = [self.s3 getPreSignedURL:gpsur error:&error];
        NSString *myString = [url absoluteString];
        //del.fileName = myString;
        NSLog(@"URL=====>%@",url);

        if(url == nil)
        {
            if(error != nil)
            {
                dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{

                    NSLog(@"Error: %@", error);
                    //[self showAlertMessage:[error.userInfo objectForKey:@"message"] withTitle:@"Browser Error"];
                });
            }
        }
        else
        {
            dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{

                del.fileName = myString;
                [del didReceivePictureFilename];
            });
        }
    });
}

Than you declare the didReceivePictureFilename in your AppDelegate and move the accessing part of your code to that method. But you have to do the part where you start the upload some place else. (The code in your question doesn’t show that part)

Of course you could also omit the fileName property entirely and hand the filename directly in the didReceivePictureFilename callback:

[del didReceivePictureFilename:myString];