How do I open a file in Swift?

Question

I have yet to see documentation of a Swift standard library, where I would expect to find something like a File class or struct with an interface for opening, reading, and writing files. All the usual stuff you expect for File IO. Is there one, or are to depend on NSFileManager and its ilk?

Answer 1

Here's a way to do it if the file is in your iOS project (hoping this is your situation):

var filePath = Bundle.main.path(forResource: "theFile", ofType: "txt")
var data     = Data(contentsOf: URL(fileURLWithPath: filePath))