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Paul Janowski
Paul Janowski

Reputation: 1

var = str creates 'ambiguous use of appendingPathComponent' error

I am working on a decibel measuring app for my class, and I have been stumped by an error that keeps on coming up: 'ambiguous use of appendingPathComponent'. Here is where the problem is occurring:

//set up the URL for the audio file

    var documents: AnyObject = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains( FileManager.SearchPathDirectory.documentDirectory,  FileManager.SearchPathDomainMask.userDomainMask, true)[0] as AnyObject
    var str = documents.appendingPathComponent("recordTest.caf")
    var url = NSURL.fileURL(withPath: str as String)

The error is happening here: 

   var str = documents.appendingPathComponent("recordTest.caf")

I can't seem to get this resolved.

Help, Paul

Upvotes: 0

Views: 166

Answers (1)

rmaddy
rmaddy

Reputation: 318824

Why are you casting documents to AnyObject? Get rid of that.

But that then brings up a new issue since appendingPathComponent is a method of NSString, NSURL, or URL. But documents is a String.

And why use NSURL instead of URL?

Since your goal is to get a URL, use the more direct approach with FileManager:

let docURL = try! FileManager.default.url(for: .documentDirectory, in: .userDomainMask, appropriateFor: nil, create: true)
let url = docURL.appendingPathComponent("recordTest.caf")

Upvotes: 1

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