Reading a text file and turning it into a string

Question

NSString *path = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"NewsStory1" ofType:@"txt"];
NSString *content = [NSString stringWithContentsOfFile:path encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding error:nil];

See Apple's iOS API documentation for NSString, specifically the section "Creating and Initializing a String from a File"

In swift

let path = NSBundle.mainBundle().pathForResource("home", ofType: "html")

    do {
        let content = try String(contentsOfFile:path!, encoding: NSUTF8StringEncoding)} catch _ as NSError {}

Very Simple

Just create a method as follows

- (void)customStringFromFile
{
    NSString* filePath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"NewsStory1" ofType:@"txt"];
    NSString *stringContent = [NSString stringWithContentsOfFile:filePath encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding error:nil];
    NSLog(@"\n Result = %@",stringContent);
}

In Swift 4 this can be done like this:

let path = Bundle.main.path(forResource: "test_data", ofType: "txt")
if let path = path {
    do {
        let content = try String(contentsOfFile: path, encoding: String.Encoding.utf8)
        print(content)
    } catch let error as NSError {
        print("Error occured: \(error.localizedDescription)")
    }
} else {
    print("Path not available")
}