I'm trying to set up a caches directory for use in my app, but the files are not being created for a reason unknown to me. What am I doing wrong? Here are the methods I'm using:
In class Utilities:
+(NSString *)imageCachePath {
NSString *cacheDirectory = [NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSCachesDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES) objectAtIndex:0];
NSString *pieceImagesDirectory = [cacheDirectory stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"PieceImages"];
NSLog(@"imageCachPath is %@",pieceImagesDirectory);
return pieceImagesDirectory;
}
+ (void)cacheImage:(UIImage *)image usingName:(NSString *)name;
{
NSLog(@"Caching image %@",name);
NSString *pieceImagesDirectory = [self imageCachePath];
BOOL isDir = NO;
NSError *error;
if (! [[NSFileManager defaultManager] fileExistsAtPath:pieceImagesDirectory isDirectory:&isDir] && isDir == NO) {
[[NSFileManager defaultManager]createDirectoryAtPath:pieceImagesDirectory withIntermediateDirectories:YES attributes:nil error:&error];
NSLog(@"Error after creating directory:\n%@",error);
} else {
// file exists - I don't expect to use the else block. This is for figuring out what's going on.
NSLog(@"File %@ exists -- is it a directory? %@",pieceImagesDirectory, isDir?@"YES":@"NO");
}
NSString *nameToUseInFilename = [name stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@" " withString:@"_"];
NSString *fullPath = [pieceImagesDirectory stringByAppendingPathComponent:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@.png",nameToUseInFilename]];
NSData *data = UIImagePNGRepresentation(image);
NSFileManager *fileManager = [NSFileManager defaultManager];
//Save the file, overwrite existing if exists.
NSLog(@"Attempting to create file at path %@ with %d bytes of data",fullPath, [data length]);
if ([fileManager createFileAtPath:fullPath contents:data attributes:nil]) {
NSLog(@"Success");
} else {
NSLog(@"Error creating file");
}
}
In the class where the images are created, I call the method thus:
// image is an object of type UIImage
// cachedImageName is a string that resolves to something like User Image/12
[Utilities cacheImage:image usingName:cachedImageName];
Here are sample NSLog output lines in the debugger:
... Caching image User Image/12
... imageCachPath is /var/mobile/Applications/5EBB1152-5CC1-4A30-ABD5-B4C9A60E4CB4/Library/Caches/PieceImages
... File /var/mobile/Applications/5EBB1152-5CC1-4A30-ABD5-B4C9A60E4CB4/Library/Caches/PieceImages exists -- is it a directory? YES
... Attempting to create file at path /var/mobile/Applications/5EBB1152-5CC1-4A30-ABD5-B4C9A60E4CB4/Library/Caches/PieceImages/User_Image/12.png with 12071 bytes of data
... Error creating file