NSFileManager to save an image to or load/remove an image from documents directory

Reference link :
http://www.friendlydeveloper.com/2010/02/using-nsfilemanager-to-save-an-image-to-or-loadremove-an-image-from-documents-directory-coding/
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NSFileManager offers a convenient way to write images to and load them from the documents directory.

If you’re frequently doing that in your project, I suggest to wrap up NSFileManager support in three simple methods:

01	//saving an image

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03	- (void)saveImage:(UIImage*)image:(NSString*)imageName {

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05	NSData *imageData = UIImagePNGRepresentation(image); //convert image into .png format.

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07	NSFileManager *fileManager = [NSFileManager defaultManager];

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09	NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);

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11	NSString *documentsDirectory = [paths objectAtIndex:0];

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13	NSString *fullPath = [documentsDirectory stringByAppendingPathComponent:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@.png", imageName]];

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15	[fileManager createFileAtPath:fullPath contents:imageData attributes:nil];

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17	NSLog(@"image saved");

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}

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21	//removing an image

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23	- (void)removeImage:(NSString*)fileName {

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25	NSFileManager *fileManager = [NSFileManager defaultManager];

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27	NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);

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29	NSString *documentsDirectory = [paths objectAtIndex:0];

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31	NSString *fullPath = [documentsDirectory stringByAppendingPathComponent:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@.png", fileName]];

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33	[fileManager removeItemAtPath: fullPath error:NULL];

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35	NSLog(@"image removed");

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}

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39	//loading an image

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41	- (UIImage*)loadImage:(NSString*)imageName {

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43	NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);

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45	NSString *documentsDirectory = [paths objectAtIndex:0];

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47	NSString *fullPath = [documentsDirectory stringByAppendingPathComponent:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@.png", imageName]];

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49	return [UIImage imageWithContentsOfFile:fullPath];

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}

Now, you can easily save an image like:

1	[self saveImage: myUIImage: @"myUIImageName"];

or load it like:

1	myUIImage = [self loadImage: @"myUIImageName"];

or remove it like:

1	[self removeImage: @"myUIImageName"];