NSAttributedString to NSData No visible @interface for 'NSAttributedString' declares the selector 'RTFDFromRange:documentAttributes:

Question

I am trying to convert NSAttributedString to NSData using RTFDFromRange method. Getting this:

No visible @interface for 'NSAttributedString' declares the selector 'RTFDFromRange:documentAttributes:

What is wrong with my code?

NSAttributedString *val=self.textview.attributedText;
    NSData *data = [val RTFDFromRange:NSMakeRange(0, self.textview.text.length) documentAttributes:nil];

Answer 1

NSAttributedString does not have a method called RTFDFromRange for iOS, but only for Mac OS X.

To convert NSAttributedString to NSData in iOS, you can try these two approaches:

1. Using initWithData:

NSMutableAttributedString *val = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc] initWithData:data options:nil documentAttributes:nil error:nil];

2. Using NSKeyedArchiver:

NSData *data = [NSKeyedArchiver archivedDataWithRootObject: val];

And to convert the NSData back to a string:

NSAttributedString *val = [NSKeyedUnarchiver unarchiveObjectWithData: data];

This code works on both Mac and iOS.

See the Apple docs here.

Answer 2

That method is only available under Cocoa (OSX) as it's part of the AppKit Additions to NSAttributedString.

Here's an open source category that might do what you want under iOS (not personally tested, however).