loading a image from documents directory in iPhone

Question

I want to load a image to UIImageView from my app documents library. I am trying to use the following code but it is not working.

UIImageView *background = [[[UIImageView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(3, 10, 48, 36)] autorelease];

[background setImage:[[UIImage imageAtPath:[[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"Thumbnail-small" ofType:@"jpg" inDirectory:@"/Users/nbojja/Library/Application Support/iPhone Simulator/User/Applications/60C2E4EC-2FE0-4579-9F86-08CCF078216D/Documents/eb43ac64-8807-4250-8349-4b1f5ddd7d0d/9286371c-564f-40b4-99bd-a2aceb00a6d3/9"]]] retain]];

can someone help me with doing this. thanks...

Why not just use imageNamed on UIImage? – Grouchal Jun 20 '09 at 06:34 — Grouchal, Jun 20 '09 at 06:34

score 25 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 20 '09 at 07:24

If you really want to load an image from your app's documents folder, you could use this:

NSArray *sysPaths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains( NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES );
NSString *docDirectory = [sysPaths objectAtIndex:0];
NSString *filePath = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@/Thumbnail-small.jpg", docDirectory];
background.image = [[[UIImage alloc] initWithContentsOfFile:filePath] autorelease];

However, as pointed out by others here, you probably want to load it from your app bundle, in which case either of these will work:

background.image = [UIImage imageNamed:@"Thumbnail-small.jpg"];

or

NSString *path = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"Thumbnail-small" ofType:@"jpg"];
background.image = [UIImage imageWithContentsOfFile:path];

Mohit · Answer 2 · 2014-08-27T05:20:38.053

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NSString *docPath = [NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains (NSDocumentDirectory,NSUserDomainMask, YES) objectAtIndex:0];
NSString *filePath=[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@/image.png",docPath];

BOOL fileExists=[[NSFileManager defaultManager] fileExistsAtPath:filePath];

if (!fileExists)
    NSLog(@"File Not Found");
else
    image = [UIImage imageWithContentsOfFile:filePath];

edited Aug 27 '14 at 05:20

answered Jan 10 '14 at 06:30

Mohit

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score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:53

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See this related question which has the code you want.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:53

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answered Jun 20 '09 at 05:18

Rog

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 20 '09 at 04:40

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I think what you actually need is:

UIImage *img = [UIImage imageWithContentsOfFile: [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"myimagefile" ofType:@"png"]];
[self.testView.imgView setImage:img];

answered Jun 20 '09 at 04:40

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Sep 14 '17 at 13:11

Swift 3:

let nsDocumentDirectory = FileManager.SearchPathDirectory.documentDirectory
let nsUserDomainMask = FileManager.SearchPathDomainMask.userDomainMask
let paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(nsDocumentDirectory, nsUserDomainMask, true)
if let dirPath = paths.first {
let imageURL = URL(fileURLWithPath: dirPath).appendingPathComponent("Image2.png")
let image = UIImage(contentsOfFile: imageURL.path)
// Do whatever you want with the image
}

score -4 · Answer 6 · edited Apr 05 '13 at 12:43

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Use [UIImage imageNamed:@"ThumbnailSmall.jpg"];

This will load up what you want I think.

edited Apr 05 '13 at 12:43

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answered Jun 20 '09 at 06:35

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loading a image from documents directory in iPhone

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