I want to convert NSData to NSString..What is the best way to do this?
I am using this code but the final string returns null
NSString *str = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:data encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
NSLog(@"%@",str);
When I see console It will print null.
Without need to know potential encoding types, in which wrong encoding types will give you nil/null, this should cover all your bases:
NSString *dataString = [data base64EncodedStringWithOptions:NSDataBase64EncodingEndLineWithCarriageReturn];
Done!
Note: In the event this somehow fails, you can unpack your NSData with NSKeyedUnarchiver , then repack the (id)unpacked again via NSKeyedArchiver, and that NSData form should be base64 encodeable.
id unpacked = [NSKeyedUnarchiver unarchiveObjectWithData:data];
data = [NSKeyedArchiver archivedDataWithRootObject:unpacked];
Objective C includes a built-in way to detect a the encoding of a string embedded in NSData.
NSData* data = // Assign your NSData object...
NSString* string;
NSStringEncoding encoding = [NSString stringEncodingForData:data encodingOptions:nil convertedString:&string usedLossyConversion:nil];