path = Bundle.main.path(forResource: "Owl.jpg", ofType: "jpg")
returns nil, however, using NSHomeDirectory() I'm able to verify that is under Documents/ folder.
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4your Bundle is what you see on the left in Xcode. Documents folder is actually created inside your app on device or simulator so it will never find this file.Maciej Chrzastek– Maciej Chrzastek2016-11-14 22:40:31 +00:00Commented Nov 14, 2016 at 22:40
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@repoguy, that helps thank you. Can someone explain the downvote?Marin– Marin2016-11-14 23:04:33 +00:00Commented Nov 14, 2016 at 23:04
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First, separate name and extension:
Bundle.main.path(forResource: "Owl", ofType: "jpg")
Second, separate (mentally) your bundle and the Documents folder. They are two completely different things. If this file is the Documents folder, it absolutely is not in your main bundle! You probably want something like this:
let fm = FileManager.default
let docsurl = try! fm.url(for:.documentDirectory, in: .userDomainMask, appropriateFor: nil, create: false)
let myurl = docsurl.appendingPathComponent("Owl.jpg")
Third, if Owl is an image asset in the asset catalog, then say
let im = UIImage(named:"Owl") // or whatever its name is
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Marin
Thank you Matt! Is it possible to move the files in Documents to Bundle?
matt
No, you cannot modify your bundle. You can copy from your bundle into the Documents folder but you cannot go the other way. Why would you even want to?
Marin
Bundle is mostly where images in xcassets would be is that correct? Basically am playing with bundle, but Owl which is an asset is not being found. I also have it as a separate image which I can find under Documents.
matt
You cannot get the path of something in the assets catalog. Why would you need to? You have the asset. — There is also a Documents folder in your app's sandbox but I do not know in what sense you can "see" it.
matt
No, it looks into the main (
.main) bundle (Bundle). (At zero depth.) One point of the asset catalog is that there is no need for paths; you just use a thing's name, because the runtime knows where the asset catalog is and how to read things by name within it. If you wanted this thing to be in your main bundle, then you shouldn't have put it in the asset catalog. Those are different places. I believe I've said this before. Perhaps more than once. |
Tested on: xCode 8.3.2 & Swift 3.1
First drag your file (JPG, MP3, ZIP) inside your project folder and make sure Copy items if needed is checked and project/app is selected in Add to targets
Inside relevant ViewController
let fileName = "fileName"
let fileType = "fileType"
if let filePath = Bundle.main.path(forResource: fileName, ofType: fileType) {
print(filePath)
}
If you need to get the file URL you can use NSBundle method
if let fileURL = Bundle.main.url(forResource: fileName, withExtension: fileType) {
print(fileURL)
}
Also NSBundle method pathForResource has an initializer that you can specify in which directory your files are located like:
if let filePath = Bundle.main.path(forResource: fileName, ofType: fileType, inDirectory: "filesSubDirectory") {
print(filePath)
}
And for getting file URL:
if let fileURL = Bundle.main.url(forResource: fileName, withExtension: fileType, subdirectory: "filesSubDirectory") {
print(fileURL)
}
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let paths = FileManager.default.urls(for: .documentDirectory, in: .userDomainMask)
let documentsDirectory = paths[0]
print(documentsDirectory)