Read/Write .string files from/to Directory

Question

I have a framework that expects a .string file from the Project that it is imported to. How do I save a .string file from my app's [NSBundle mainBundle] to NSLibraryDirectory, and then have the framework read it from NSLibraryDirectory?

Thank you

Answer 1

You can get path to bundle Directory and Library directory and Move file from bundle to Library directory with CopyItemAtPath

NSArray *libraryPath=NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSLibraryDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
NSString *directoryPath = [libraryPath objectAtIndex:0];
NSString *imagePathFromApp = [[[NSBundle mainBundle] resourcePath] stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"Templete.string"];

// Copy the image Folder from the package to the users filesystem
[fileManager copyItemAtPath:imagePathFromApp toPath:directoryPath error:nil];

Answer 2

Thanks @iOS_Developer for the writing part.

NSString *resourcepath = [[[NSBundle mainBundle] resourcePath] stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"filename.strings"];

NSString *filePath = [kSXBFileManLibraryDirectoryPath stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"filename.strings"];

Write:

NSFileManager *fileManager = [NSFileManager defaultManager];
NSError *error;
if ([fileManager copyItemAtPath: resourcepath toPath:destination error:&error]){
    NSLog(@"Copy Success");
}
else{
    NSLog(@"Copy error: %@", error);
}

Read:

NSString *newPath = [kLibraryDirectoryPath stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"filename.strings"];
NSDictionary *contents = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithContentsOfFile:newPath];
NSLog(@"contents:%@", [contents objectForKey:@"login.background"]);

where;

#define kLibraryDirectoryPath [NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSLibraryDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES) firstObject]

filename.strings

"login.background"          = "FE8100";
"login.textField"           = "FE8100";
"login.button"              = "1B0D62";