Convert an NSURL to an NSString

Question

I have an app where the user can choose an image either from the built-in app images or from the iphone photo library. I use an object Occasion that has an NSString property to save the imagePath.

Now in the case of the built-in app images I do get the file name as an NSString an save in the [occasion imagePath]. But in the 2nd case where the user picks an image form the photo library I get an NSURL which I want to convert to an NSString to be able to save it in [occasion imagePath].

Is it possible to convert the NSURL to an NSString?

Answer 1

In Objective-C:

NSString *myString = myURL.absoluteString; 

In Swift:

var myString = myURL.absoluteString 

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