I'm currently taking an iOS development course and as part of my project, I'm tasked with using UIDocumentPickerViewController
to import text. Every example I've found is either a) written in Objective-C or b) is for importing UIImage
files.
How do I set the delegate method for a text file?
Here's what I've got so far:
I have the iCloud capability set up. Works
The delegate is specified, as follows:
class MyViewController: UIViewController, UITextViewDelegate, UIDocumentPickerDelegate
I have the property set up for the type of text I'm trying to import:
@IBOutlet weak var newNoteBody: UITextView!
I have an IBAction
setup as follows:
@IBAction func importItem(sender: UIBarButtonItem) {
var documentPicker: UIDocumentPickerViewController = UIDocumentPickerViewController(documentTypes: [kUTTypeText as NSString], inMode: UIDocumentPickerMode.Import)
documentPicker.delegate = self
documentPicker.modalPresentationStyle = UIModalPresentationStyle.FullScreen
self.presentViewController(documentPicker, animated: true, completion: nil)
}
I can't figure out what the line should be below. The documentation on Apple's website isn't clear and every example I've found is in Objective-C or is for images.
// MARK: - UIDocumentPickerDelegate Methods
func documentPicker(controller: UIDocumentPickerViewController, didPickDocumentAtURL url: NSURL) {
if controller.documentPickerMode == UIDocumentPickerMode.Import {
// What should be the line below?
self.newNoteBody.text = UITextView(contentsOfFile: url.path!)
}
}
Got it! I had two problems:
1) Apple says you've gotta specify UTI's in an array. I called the documentType a KUTTypeText
. It should be a "public.text"
in the array.
Here's Apple's listing of Uniform Text Identifiers (UTIs)
@IBAction func importItem(sender: UIBarButtonItem) {
var documentPicker: UIDocumentPickerViewController = UIDocumentPickerViewController(documentTypes: ["public.text"], inMode: UIDocumentPickerMode.Import)
documentPicker.delegate = self
documentPicker.modalPresentationStyle = UIModalPresentationStyle.FullScreen
self.presentViewController(documentPicker, animated: true, completion: nil)
}
The second problem was a syntactic issue on the Delegate, solved with this:
// MARK: - UIDocumentPickerDelegate Methods
func documentPicker(controller: UIDocumentPickerViewController, didPickDocumentAtURL url: NSURL) {
if controller.documentPickerMode == UIDocumentPickerMode.Import {
// This is what it should be
self.newNoteBody.text = String(contentsOfFile: url.path!)
}
}
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