Question

Reading text file with NSString:stringWithContentsOfFile?

NSString *txtFilePath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"\help" ofType:@"txt"];
NSString *txtFileContents = [NSString stringWithContentsOfFile:txtFilePath encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding error:NULL];

NSLog(@"File:  %@",txtFileContents);

I get “null” as the result. How do I know what path to specify?

thanks

(I placed the file just under “Groups and Files” … so not sure if I need to specify a path or just the file name. Maybe there is something else wrong ???

Answer 1

I think the backslash in your path is confusing things. Try this:

NSString *txtFilePath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"/help" ofType:@"txt"];

Also, as noted in the comments, you need to use the Build Phase of your project to copy the “help.txt” file.