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Neo
Neo

Reputation: 897

How to access iPhone application directory and store image files there

I want to know whether I can access the directory where my application is installed. Also I want to create a sub directory in the same directory to store all the images I capture in my application. I further want to view the images using iPhone's default image viewer. Can this be done?

Upvotes: 6

Views: 40277

Answers (6)

ingh.am
ingh.am

Reputation: 26812

If you want to access the app on the simulator, navigate to this directory:

~/Library/Application Support/iPhone Simulator/User/Applications

If you want to access the app on a device it gets a little trickier. First, plug your iOS device into iTunes and backup the phone (with encryption turned off). Then download this app: iPhone / iPod Touch Backup Extractor, find your bundle ID and click extract. The app will then get all the data for you to see. Sure it's not real time but does the job!

Upvotes: 4

Plumenator
Plumenator

Reputation: 1682

To store any files of your own, you'll have to use the Documents directory as Girish already said. But if you need to display images that you captured using the camera, the only way you can display them with UIImagePickerController (the default image viewer) is by specifying the source type when initializing it as the saved photos album.

Upvotes: 0

Girish Kolari
Girish Kolari

Reputation: 2515

You can get the Document folder of the app

NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES); 
NSString *documentsDirectory = [paths objectAtIndex:0]; // Get documents folder

You can create Folder and files using NSFileManger. You can store files in document folder or even you can store it in temp folder.

Upvotes: 8

BeNice
BeNice

Reputation: 11

~/Library/Application Support/iPhone Simulator/User/Applications link text

Upvotes: 1

August
August

Reputation: 12177

C'mon, this is all in the sample code and documentation. In fact, it's even one of the Frequently Asked Questions in the iPhone Dev Center. I refuse to give the answer. Instead, here's a link: Easily found documentation that answers your question

Upvotes: -11

pjb3
pjb3

Reputation: 5283

NSString *appFolderPath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] resourcePath];

NSFileManager *fileManager = [NSFileManager defaultManager];  
NSLog(@"App Directory is: %@", appFolderPath);
NSLog(@"Directory Contents:\n%@", [fileManager directoryContentsAtPath: appFolderPath]);

Upvotes: 14

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