Let's say I have a folder in my "Resources" folder of my iPhone application called "Documents".
Is there a way that I can get an array or some type of list of all the files included in that folder at run time?
So, in code, it would look like:
NSMutableArray *myFiles = [...get a list of files in Resources/Documents...];
Is this possible?
Listing All Files In A Directory
NSFileManager *fileManager = [NSFileManager defaultManager];
NSURL *bundleURL = [[NSBundle mainBundle] bundleURL];
NSArray *contents = [fileManager contentsOfDirectoryAtURL:bundleURL
includingPropertiesForKeys:@[]
options:NSDirectoryEnumerationSkipsHiddenFiles
error:nil];
NSPredicate *predicate = [NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:@"pathExtension ENDSWITH '.png'"];
for (NSString *path in [contents filteredArrayUsingPredicate:predicate]) {
// Enumerate each .png file in directory
}
Recursively Enumerating Files In A Directory
NSFileManager *fileManager = [NSFileManager defaultManager];
NSURL *bundleURL = [[NSBundle mainBundle] bundleURL];
NSDirectoryEnumerator *enumerator = [fileManager enumeratorAtURL:bundleURL
includingPropertiesForKeys:@[NSURLNameKey, NSURLIsDirectoryKey]
options:NSDirectoryEnumerationSkipsHiddenFiles
errorHandler:^BOOL(NSURL *url, NSError *error)
{
NSLog(@"[Error] %@ (%@)", error, url);
}];
NSMutableArray *mutableFileURLs = [NSMutableArray array];
for (NSURL *fileURL in enumerator) {
NSString *filename;
[fileURL getResourceValue:&filename forKey:NSURLNameKey error:nil];
NSNumber *isDirectory;
[fileURL getResourceValue:&isDirectory forKey:NSURLIsDirectoryKey error:nil];
// Skip directories with '_' prefix, for example
if ([filename hasPrefix:@"_"] && [isDirectory boolValue]) {
[enumerator skipDescendants];
continue;
}
if (![isDirectory boolValue]) {
[mutableFileURLs addObject:fileURL];
}
}
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