Question

Is there a convenient way to format a rather long string with paragraphs in it (like below) to have it with \n in it so the textView will display the paragraphs as well?

blah

blah

to @"blah\n\nblah"

Thanks!

Answer 1

Here’s a simple example assuming you have :

• A file named : myfile.txt
• A string variable to hold the file’s content, let’s name it : content
• A UITextView called :textView

Write whatever you want in your text file and place it wherever you want in your Xcode project (usually import it from within Xcode under “Ressources”), and then somewhere in your code (init method or action) :

NSString *path = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"myfile" 
                                                 ofType:@"txt"];
NSString *content = [NSString stringWithContentsOfFile:path 
                                              encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding 
                                                 error:NULL];

textView.text = content;