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iOS

Posted by Dick Wolley
Dick Wolley
1,458 Points

simple text file creation in iOS using swift, read, write, etc.

How does one create, open, write to, close, reopen and read plain text files in iOS using the latest Swift in xcode.

2 Answers

Dick Wolley
Dick Wolley
1,458 Points
Dick Wolley
Dick Wolley
1,458 Points

let file = "file.txt"

                if let dirs : [String] = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSSearchPathDirectory.DocumentDirectory, NSSearchPathDomainMask.AllDomainsMask, true) as? [String] {
                    let dir = dirs[0] //documents directory
                    let path = dir.stringByAppendingPathComponent(file);
                    let text = "some text"

                    //writing
                    text.writeToFile(path, atomically: false, encoding: NSUTF8StringEncoding, error: nil);

                    //reading
                    let text2 = String(contentsOfFile: path, encoding: NSUTF8StringEncoding, error: nil)
                    println(text2!)

// it worked for me:)

Jeremy Soles
PLUS
Jeremy Soles
Courses Plus Student 3,324 Points
Jeremy Soles
Jeremy Soles
Courses Plus Student 3,324 Points

It it possible to read Xcode server bot (.log) files this way?