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iOS

Posted by Graham Connolly
Graham Connolly
25,475 Points

''Saving the Media'' lesson - videoFilePath issue - CGPathRef?

Hi guys,

In the video "Saving the media" , Ben uses 

self.videoFilePath =[ [info objectForKey:UIImagePickerControllerMediaURL] path] ;

to get the videos path - where path returns a string.

But when I use the same line of code i get an issue:

Issue: Implicit conversion of C pointer type 'CGPathRef' (aka 'const struct CGPath *) to Objective-C pointer type 'NSString *' requires a bridged cast

Also, path is no longer of type NSString, its now changed to CGPathRef (maybe an Xcode 5 change?)

Im testing in the simulator because i dont have an iphone as of yet, so Im wondering will this be an issue in the future when I use it on a device.

Thanks guys!!

2 Answers

Alex Hedley
Alex Hedley
16,381 Points
Alex Hedley
Alex Hedley
16,381 Points

I had the same issue: https://teamtreehouse.com/forum/saving-the-media-build-a-selfdestructing-message-iphone-app

Xcode5 indeed.

NSURL *imagePickerURL = [info objectForKey:UIImagePickerControllerMediaURL];
self.videoFilePath = [imagePickerURL path];

Forum Search: https://teamtreehouse.com/forum/search?query=+Saving+the+media

Graham Connolly
Graham Connolly
25,475 Points

Thanks Alex, I searched the forum for the question prior to asking but got no relevant result...no idea what search terms I was using.

Sorry for the duplicate.

Alex Hedley
Alex Hedley
16,381 Points
Alex Hedley
Alex Hedley
16,381 Points

No problem, I did exactly the same and got help from Patrick, hope it helps :)

Scott Bedard
Scott Bedard
29,196 Points
Scott Bedard
Scott Bedard
29,196 Points

Thanks! Stopped me in my tracks as well.