Tuesday, April 23, 2013

UIImage imageWithContentsOfFile example ios


imageWithContentsOfFile:

Creates and returns an image object by loading the image data from the file at the specified path.
+ (UIImage *)imageWithContentsOfFile:(NSString *)path
Parameters
path
The full or partial path to the file.
Return Value of [UIImage imageWithContentsOfFile]
A new image object for the specified file, or nil if the method could not initialize the image from the specified file.
Discussion of [UIImage imageWithContentsOfFile]
This method does not cache the image object.
Example of [UIImage imageWithContentsOfFile]

UIImage *temp_img = [UIImage imageNamed:@"temp.png"];
vs.
NSString *imagePath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"temp.png" ofType:nil];
UIImage *temp_img =[UIImage imageWithContentsOfFile :imagePath];