Objective-c how to convert NSURL into NSString?

Question

Total objective-c noob here with a question. Is there a way to convert NSURL into NSString in one line? I need to retrieve URL from sqlite database abd then save it into string.

Currently the line i want to convert looks like this ->

MyString.url = [NSString stringWithUTF8String:(char *) sqlite3_column_text(sqlStatement, 1)];

so ofcourse im getting 'Incompatible pointer types assigning to 'NSURL *' from 'NSString *''

:)

possible duplicate of [Convert an NSURL to an NSString](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8082719/convert-an-nsurl-to-an-nsstring) — Leena, Mar 25 '15 at 13:27

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 01 '14 at 08:23

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Try This :

NSString *aStrUrl = [aUrlObj absoluteString];

answered Sep 01 '14 at 08:23

Yasika Patel

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Mahendra Y · Answer 2 · 2019-05-11T16:47:13.510

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You can use absoluteString property of NSURL

Example:

NSString *urlString = [url absoluteString];

In Swift

var urlString = url.absoluteString

edited May 11 '19 at 16:47

answered Sep 01 '14 at 12:37

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 01 '14 at 09:37

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If you're working on swift than use :

var urlStr : String = myUrl.absoluteString

answered Sep 01 '14 at 09:37

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Shaik Thuphel · Answer 4 · 2017-04-04T11:24:23.247

You can use any one

NSString *string=[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@",url1];


or 

NSString *str=[url1 absoluteString];

NSLog(@"string :: %@",string);

string :: file:///var/containers/Bundle/Application/E2D7570B-D5A6-45A0-8EAAA1F7476071FE/DuplicateMedia.app/loading_circle_animation.gif

    NSLog(@"str :: %@", str);

str :: file:///var/containers/Bundle/Application/E2D7570B-D5A6-45A0-8EAA-A1F7476071FE/DuplicateMedia.app/loading_circle_animation.gif

Objective-c how to convert NSURL into NSString?

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