Question

I am using writeToFile to write an audio file to the local iphone directory. Next time I launch the app, the path / URL doesnt exist anymore and I cant retrieve my file.

Would appreciate any help.

Saving:

    NSArray *dirPaths;
    NSString *docsDir; 
    dirPaths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
    docsDir = [dirPaths objectAtIndex:0];
    NSString *tempFileName = [[NSString alloc] init];
    tempFileName = [[alertView textFieldAtIndex:0]text];
    NSString *soundFilePath = [docsDir stringByAppendingPathComponent:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@.wav", tempFileName]];
    BOOL success = [videoData writeToFile:soundFilePath atomically:YES];

Reading:

if ([[NSFileManager defaultManager] fileExistsAtPath:[urlArray objectAtIndex:indexPath.row]])

Where urlArray contains the path to the file and this If statement is false.

Answer 1

Why don’t u save filePath in NSMutableArray and that in NSUserDefault

 //After writing file in doc dir
 if(success)
 {
   // Store the data
   NSUserDefaults *defaults = [NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults];
   if(![defaults objectForKey:@"filePaths"]) //creating mutable array for first time
   {
      NSMutableArray *arrFilePaths = [NSMutableArray alloc]init];
      [defaults setObject:arrFilePaths forKey:@"filePaths"];
   }
   else //saving new soundFilePath in mutable array
   {
      NSMutableArray *arrFilePaths = [defaults objectForKey:@"filePaths"];
      [arrFilePaths addObject:soundFilePath];
      [defaults setObject:arrFilePaths forKey:@"filePaths"];
      [defaults synchronize];
   }

 }

Now u can read like this:

if([[defaults objectForKey:@"filePaths"] objectAtIndex:indexPath.row])
{
  if ([[NSFileManager defaultManager] fileExistsAtPath:[[defaults objectForKey:@"filePaths"] objectAtIndex:indexPath.row]])
  {
     //here is your file
  }
}