Creating multiple directories in documents folder for iOS

Question

I want to make multiple directories I do not know how. This is my code up till now .

- (id)initWithNibName:(NSString *)nibNameOrNil bundle:(NSBundle *)nibBundleOrNil {
    self = [super initWithNibName:nibNameOrNil bundle:nibBundleOrNil];
    if (self) {
        // Custom initialization
    }
    return self;

    NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
    NSString *documentsDirectory = [paths objectAtIndex:0]; // Get documents folder
    NSString *dataPath = [documentsDirectory stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"tops",@"bottoms",@"right" ];

    if (![[NSFileManager defaultManager] fileExistsAtPath:dataPath])
        [[NSFileManager defaultManager] createDirectoryAtPath:dataPath withIntermediateDirectories:NO attributes:nil error:nil]; //Create folder

}

I want to have 4 directories that are named tops bottoms right and left however it does not work if I do it in the above way.. Is there a way to make multiple directories using this code? or is my code wrong? Thanks!

Answer 1

Try this code.

To create directories as you asked.

NSArray *directoryNames = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:@"tops",@"bottoms",@"right",@"left",nil];
NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
NSString *documentsDirectory = [paths objectAtIndex:0]; // Get documents folder

for (int i = 0; i < [directoryNames count] ; i++) {
    NSString *dataPath = [documentsDirectory stringByAppendingPathComponent:[directoryNames objectAtIndex:i]];
    if (![[NSFileManager defaultManager] fileExistsAtPath:dataPath])
        [[NSFileManager defaultManager] createDirectoryAtPath:dataPath withIntermediateDirectories:NO attributes:nil error:nil]; //Create folder
}

To use your created directories anywhere in your app.

NSArray *directoryNames = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:@"tops",@"bottoms",@"right",@"left",nil];
NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
NSString *documentsDirectory = [paths objectAtIndex:0]; // Get documents folder

// This will return the folder name in the 0 position. In yours "tops"
NSString *topDirPath = [documentsDirectory stringByAppendingPathComponent:[directoryNames objectAtIndex:0]];
// This will return the file path in your "tops" folder
NSString *filePath = [topDirPath stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"MYIMAGE"];

To store an image file

NSData *imageDataToStore = UIImagePNGRepresentation(image);
[imageDataToStore writeToFile:filePath atomically:YES];

To retrieve an image file

// Convert the file into data and then into image.
NSData *imageData = [[NSData alloc] initWithContentsOfFile:filePath];
UIImage *yourImage =  [UIImage imageWithData:imageData];