I'm new to swift and I'm not sure how to make a new folder from a string path (or from some kind of File/ NSFile object)
This is on OS X with Cocoa.
My understanding is that you are trying to create a directory programmatically using swift. The code given below does the same.
var err: NSErrorPointer = nil
let manager = NSFileManager.defaultManager()
manager.createDirectoryAtPath("/Users/abc/Desktop/swiftDir", withIntermediateDirectories: true, attributes: nil, error: err)
Xcode 8 • Swift 3
extension FileManager.SearchPathDirectory {
func createSubFolder(named: String, withIntermediateDirectories: Bool = false) -> Bool {
guard let url = FileManager.default.urls(for: self, in: .userDomainMask).first else { return false }
do {
try FileManager.default.createDirectory(at: url.appendingPathComponent(named), withIntermediateDirectories: withIntermediateDirectories, attributes: nil)
return true
} catch {
print(error)
return false
}
}
}
Usage:
if FileManager.SearchPathDirectory.desktopDirectory.createSubFolder(named: "untitled folder") {
print("folder successfully created")
}
SearchPathDirectory
In Swift 2.0 you must use the new style for error handling:
let path: String = "/Users/abc/Desktop/swiftDir"
let fileManager = NSFileManager.defaultManager()
do
{
try fileManager.createDirectoryAtPath(path, withIntermediateDirectories: true, attributes: nil)
}
catch let error as NSError
{
print("Error while creating a folder.")
}
Related
Previously, I was using the following to discover e-mail meta-data from a drag & dropped e-mail(/-thread) from Mail.app.
if let filenames = draggingInfo.namesOfPromisedFilesDropped(atDestination: URL(fileURLWithPath: destinationDir!)) {
/// TODO: in future implementation Mail might return multiple filenames here.
/// So we will keep this structure to iterate the filenames
//var aPaths: [String] = []
//for _ in filenames {
if let aPath = pb.string(forType: "com.apple.pasteboard.promised-file-url") {
return aPath
}
//}
//return aPaths
}
Kind of janky, but it worked, since "com.apple.pasteboard.promised-file-url" was only supplied in those situations.
Since 10.12 however, the API seems to have changed, and looking at the WWDC2016 talk it appears that Apple wants us to use NSFilePromiseReceiver now.
I've tried a couple of approaches but I can't get a promised file URL to pop out.
Setup:
class DropzoneView: NSView {
var supportedDragTypes = [
kUTTypeURL as String, // For any URL'able types
"public.url-name", // E-mail title
"public.utf8-plain-text", // Plaintext item / E-mail thread title / calendar event date placeholder
"com.apple.pasteboard.promised-file-content-type", // Calendar event / Web URL / E-mail thread type detection
"com.apple.mail.PasteboardTypeMessageTransfer", // E-mail thread detection
"NSPromiseContentsPboardType", // E-mail thread meta-data
"com.apple.pasteboard.promised-file-url", // E-mail thread meta-data
"com.apple.NSFilePromiseItemMetaData" // E-mail thread meta-data
]
override func viewDidMoveToSuperview() {
var dragTypes = self.supportedDragTypes.map { (type) -> NSPasteboard.PasteboardType in
return NSPasteboard.PasteboardType(type)
} // Experiment:
dragTypes.append(NSPasteboard.PasteboardType.fileContentsType(forPathExtension: "eml"))
dragTypes.append(NSPasteboard.PasteboardType.fileContentsType(forPathExtension: "emlx"))
self.registerForDraggedTypes(dragTypes)
}
}
Handling:
extension DropzoneView {
override func draggingEntered(_ sender: NSDraggingInfo) -> NSDragOperation {
return .copy
}
override func draggingUpdated(_ sender: NSDraggingInfo) -> NSDragOperation {
return .copy
}
override func performDragOperation(_ sender: NSDraggingInfo) -> Bool {
let pasteboard: NSPasteboard = sender.draggingPasteboard()
guard let filePromises = pasteboard.readObjects(forClasses: [NSFilePromiseReceiver.self], options: nil) as? [NSFilePromiseReceiver] else {
return false
}
var files = [Any]()
var errors = [Error]()
let filePromiseGroup = DispatchGroup()
let operationQueue = OperationQueue()
let newTempDirectoryURL = URL(fileURLWithPath: (NSTemporaryDirectory() + (UUID().uuidString) + "/"), isDirectory: true)
do {
try FileManager.default.createDirectory(at: newTempDirectoryURL, withIntermediateDirectories: true, attributes: nil)
}
catch {
return false
}
// Async attempt, either times out after a minute or so (Error Domain=NSURLErrorDomain Code=-1001 "(null)") or gives 'operation cancelled' error
filePromises.forEach({ filePromiseReceiver in
filePromiseGroup.enter()
filePromiseReceiver.receivePromisedFiles(atDestination: newTempDirectoryURL,
options: [:],
operationQueue: operationQueue,
reader: { (url, error) in
Swift.print(url)
if let error = error {
errors.append(error)
}
else if url.isFileURL {
files.append(url)
}
else {
Swift.print("No loadable URLs found")
}
filePromiseGroup.leave()
})
})
filePromiseGroup.notify(queue: DispatchQueue.main,
execute: {
// All done, check your files and errors array
Swift.print("URLs: \(files)")
Swift.print("errors: \(errors)")
})
Swift.print("URLs: \(files)")
return true
}
Other attempts:
// returns nothing
if let filenames = pasteboard.propertyList(forType: NSPasteboard.PasteboardType(rawValue: "com.apple.pasteboard.promised-file-url")) as? NSArray {
Swift.print(filenames)
}
// doesn't result in usable URLs either
if let urls = pasteboard.readObjects(forClasses: [NSPasteboardItem.self /*NSURL.self, ???*/], options: [:]) as? [...
Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.
I have managed to get the file to "pop out" but I cannot get the details for them. It transfers immediately and then hangs for 60 seconds before returning an error message.
Maybe it's a clue but the checkExtension method never returns unless commented out and set to true.
Hopefully this helps kick the can down the road a bit:
class DropView: NSView
{
var filePath: String?
required init?(coder: NSCoder) {
super.init(coder: coder)
self.wantsLayer = true
self.layer?.backgroundColor = NSColor.red.cgColor
registerForDraggedTypes([NSPasteboard.PasteboardType
.fileNameType(forPathExtension: ".eml"), NSPasteboard.PasteboardType.filePromise])
}
override func draw(_ dirtyRect: NSRect) {
super.draw(dirtyRect)
// Drawing code here.
}
override func draggingEntered(_ sender: NSDraggingInfo) -> NSDragOperation {
if checkExtension(sender) == true
{
self.layer?.backgroundColor = NSColor.blue.cgColor
return .copy
}
else
{
return NSDragOperation()
}
}
fileprivate func checkExtension(_ drag: NSDraggingInfo) -> Bool
{
return true
// guard let board = drag.draggingPasteboard().propertyList(forType: NSPasteboard.PasteboardType(rawValue: "com.apple.mail.PasteboardTypeMessageTransfer")) as? NSArray,
// let path = board[0] as? String
// else
// {
// return false
// }
//
// let suffix = URL(fileURLWithPath: path).pathExtension
// for ext in self.expectedExt
// {
// if ext.lowercased() == suffix
// {
// return true
// }
// }
// return false
}
override func draggingExited(_ sender: NSDraggingInfo?)
{
self.layer?.backgroundColor = NSColor.gray.cgColor
}
override func draggingEnded(_ sender: NSDraggingInfo)
{
self.layer?.backgroundColor = NSColor.gray.cgColor
}
override func performDragOperation(_ sender: NSDraggingInfo) -> Bool
{
let pasteboard: NSPasteboard = sender.draggingPasteboard()
guard let filePromises = pasteboard.readObjects(forClasses: [NSFilePromiseReceiver.self], options: nil) as? [NSFilePromiseReceiver] else {
return false
}
print ("Files dropped")
var files = [URL]()
let filePromiseGroup = DispatchGroup()
let operationQueue = OperationQueue()
let destURL = URL(fileURLWithPath: "/Users/andrew/Temporary", isDirectory: true)
print ("Destination URL: \(destURL)")
filePromises.forEach ({ filePromiseReceiver in
print (filePromiseReceiver)
filePromiseGroup.enter()
filePromiseReceiver.receivePromisedFiles(atDestination: destURL,
options: [:],
operationQueue: operationQueue,
reader:
{ (url, error) in
print ("Received URL: \(url)")
if let error = error
{
print ("Error: \(error)")
}
else
{
files.append(url)
}
print (filePromiseReceiver.fileNames, filePromiseReceiver.fileTypes)
filePromiseGroup.leave()
})
})
filePromiseGroup.notify(queue: DispatchQueue.main,
execute:
{
print ("Files: \(files)")
print ("Done")
})
return true
}
}
The output of this is a bit weird. The url variable aways repeats the name of the directory that I passed in eg
Files dropped
Destination URL: file:///Users/andrew/Temporary/
<NSFilePromiseReceiver: 0x6000000a1aa0>
** one minute gap **
Received URL: file:///Users/andrew/Temporary/Temporary/
Error: Error Domain=NSURLErrorDomain Code=-1001 "(null)"
["Temporary"] ["com.apple.mail.email"]
Files: []
Done
I saw this error when trying to receive promised files to an invalid destination url.
In my case I was using Ole Begemann's Temporary File Helper and accidentally letting it go out of scope, which deleted the directory before anything could be copied.
receivePromisedFiles gave me the -1001 timeout error after a long wait, but it did still pass a URL that would have been correct given my inputs. Obviously no file was at that location.
When I changed to a valid url all worked as expected. It might be worth checking Sandbox issues etc.
Apple now have some useful example projects in the File Promises section here:
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/appkit/documents_data_and_pasteboard
I am using AVFoundation to capture screen recording and write it to a path. My app is sandboxed.
func captureVideo() { // Capture Method Code
let documentsDirectory = FileManager.default.urls(for: .desktopDirectory, in: .userDomainMask).first!
let dataPath = documentsDirectory.appendingPathComponent("System")
do {
try FileManager.default.createDirectory(atPath: dataPath.path, withIntermediateDirectories: true, attributes: nil)
} catch let error as NSError {
print("Error creating directory: \(error.localizedDescription)")
}
session.sessionPreset = AVCaptureSessionPresetMedium
if session.canAddInput(input) {
session.addInput(input)
}
if session.canAddOutput(movieCaptureOutPut) {
session.addOutput(movieCaptureOutPut)
}
session.startRunning()
let outputUrl = URL(fileURLWithPath: dataPath.absoluteString)
movieCaptureOutPut.startRecording(toOutputFileURL: outputUrl, recordingDelegate: self)
let _ = Timer.scheduledTimer(timeInterval: TimeInterval(5), target: self, selector: #selector(self.finishRecord), userInfo: nil, repeats: false)
}
But I am getting error:
FigMovieFormatFileWriter::PostProcessMovie: WriteMovie() errored!!! -67452
I have checked write permission, as I can create 'System' folder.
Any idea how this error can be resolved?
The outputUrl should be a video URL, you can change it to something like this:
let outputUrl = URL(fileURLWithPath: dataPath.absoluteString)
.appendingPathComponent("test")
.appendingPathExtension("mov")
You can check the method's API page.
I already have read Read and write data from text file
I need to append the data (a string) to the end of my text file.
One obvious way to do it is to read the file from disk and append the string to the end of it and write it back, but it is not efficient, especially if you are dealing with large files and doing in often.
So the question is "How to append string to the end of a text file, without reading the file and writing the whole thing back"?
so far I have:
let dir:NSURL = NSFileManager.defaultManager().URLsForDirectory(NSSearchPathDirectory.CachesDirectory, inDomains: NSSearchPathDomainMask.UserDomainMask).last as NSURL
let fileurl = dir.URLByAppendingPathComponent("log.txt")
var err:NSError?
// until we find a way to append stuff to files
if let current_content_of_file = NSString(contentsOfURL: fileurl, encoding: NSUTF8StringEncoding, error: &err) {
"\(current_content_of_file)\n\(NSDate()) -> \(object)".writeToURL(fileurl, atomically: true, encoding: NSUTF8StringEncoding, error: &err)
}else {
"\(NSDate()) -> \(object)".writeToURL(fileurl, atomically: true, encoding: NSUTF8StringEncoding, error: &err)
}
if err != nil{
println("CANNOT LOG: \(err)")
}
Here's an update for PointZeroTwo's answer in Swift 3.0, with one quick note - in the playground testing using a simple filepath works, but in my actual app I needed to build the URL using .documentDirectory (or which ever directory you chose to use for reading and writing - make sure it's consistent throughout your app):
extension String {
func appendLineToURL(fileURL: URL) throws {
try (self + "\n").appendToURL(fileURL: fileURL)
}
func appendToURL(fileURL: URL) throws {
let data = self.data(using: String.Encoding.utf8)!
try data.append(fileURL: fileURL)
}
}
extension Data {
func append(fileURL: URL) throws {
if let fileHandle = FileHandle(forWritingAtPath: fileURL.path) {
defer {
fileHandle.closeFile()
}
fileHandle.seekToEndOfFile()
fileHandle.write(self)
}
else {
try write(to: fileURL, options: .atomic)
}
}
}
//test
do {
let dir: URL = FileManager.default.urls(for: .documentDirectory, in: .userDomainMask).last! as URL
let url = dir.appendingPathComponent("logFile.txt")
try "Test \(Date())".appendLineToURL(fileURL: url as URL)
let result = try String(contentsOf: url as URL, encoding: String.Encoding.utf8)
}
catch {
print("Could not write to file")
}
Thanks PointZeroTwo.
You should use NSFileHandle, it can seek to the end of the file
let dir:NSURL = NSFileManager.defaultManager().URLsForDirectory(NSSearchPathDirectory.CachesDirectory, inDomains: NSSearchPathDomainMask.UserDomainMask).last as NSURL
let fileurl = dir.URLByAppendingPathComponent("log.txt")
let string = "\(NSDate())\n"
let data = string.dataUsingEncoding(NSUTF8StringEncoding, allowLossyConversion: false)!
if NSFileManager.defaultManager().fileExistsAtPath(fileurl.path!) {
var err:NSError?
if let fileHandle = NSFileHandle(forWritingToURL: fileurl, error: &err) {
fileHandle.seekToEndOfFile()
fileHandle.writeData(data)
fileHandle.closeFile()
}
else {
println("Can't open fileHandle \(err)")
}
}
else {
var err:NSError?
if !data.writeToURL(fileurl, options: .DataWritingAtomic, error: &err) {
println("Can't write \(err)")
}
}
A variation over some of the posted answers, with following characteristics:
based on Swift 5
accessible as a static function
appends new entries to the end of the file, if it exists
creates the file, if it doesn't exist
no cast to NS objects (more Swiftly)
fails silently if the text cannot be encoded or the path does not exist
class Logger {
static var logFile: URL? {
guard let documentsDirectory = FileManager.default.urls(for: .documentDirectory, in: .userDomainMask).first else { return nil }
let formatter = DateFormatter()
formatter.dateFormat = "dd-MM-yyyy"
let dateString = formatter.string(from: Date())
let fileName = "\(dateString).log"
return documentsDirectory.appendingPathComponent(fileName)
}
static func log(_ message: String) {
guard let logFile = logFile else {
return
}
let formatter = DateFormatter()
formatter.dateFormat = "HH:mm:ss"
let timestamp = formatter.string(from: Date())
guard let data = (timestamp + ": " + message + "\n").data(using: String.Encoding.utf8) else { return }
if FileManager.default.fileExists(atPath: logFile.path) {
if let fileHandle = try? FileHandle(forWritingTo: logFile) {
fileHandle.seekToEndOfFile()
fileHandle.write(data)
fileHandle.closeFile()
}
} else {
try? data.write(to: logFile, options: .atomicWrite)
}
}
}
Here is a way to update a file in a much more efficient way.
let monkeyLine = "\nAdding a 🐵 to the end of the file via FileHandle"
if let fileUpdater = try? FileHandle(forUpdating: newFileUrl) {
// Function which when called will cause all updates to start from end of the file
fileUpdater.seekToEndOfFile()
// Which lets the caller move editing to any position within the file by supplying an offset
fileUpdater.write(monkeyLine.data(using: .utf8)!)
// Once we convert our new content to data and write it, we close the file and that’s it!
fileUpdater.closeFile()
}
Here's a version for Swift 2, using extension methods on String and NSData.
//: Playground - noun: a place where people can play
import UIKit
extension String {
func appendLineToURL(fileURL: NSURL) throws {
try self.stringByAppendingString("\n").appendToURL(fileURL)
}
func appendToURL(fileURL: NSURL) throws {
let data = self.dataUsingEncoding(NSUTF8StringEncoding)!
try data.appendToURL(fileURL)
}
}
extension NSData {
func appendToURL(fileURL: NSURL) throws {
if let fileHandle = try? NSFileHandle(forWritingToURL: fileURL) {
defer {
fileHandle.closeFile()
}
fileHandle.seekToEndOfFile()
fileHandle.writeData(self)
}
else {
try writeToURL(fileURL, options: .DataWritingAtomic)
}
}
}
// Test
do {
let url = NSURL(fileURLWithPath: "test.log")
try "Test \(NSDate())".appendLineToURL(url)
let result = try String(contentsOfURL: url)
}
catch {
print("Could not write to file")
}
In order to stay in the spirit of #PointZero Two.
Here an update of his code for Swift 4.1
extension String {
func appendLine(to url: URL) throws {
try self.appending("\n").append(to: url)
}
func append(to url: URL) throws {
let data = self.data(using: String.Encoding.utf8)
try data?.append(to: url)
}
}
extension Data {
func append(to url: URL) throws {
if let fileHandle = try? FileHandle(forWritingTo: url) {
defer {
fileHandle.closeFile()
}
fileHandle.seekToEndOfFile()
fileHandle.write(self)
} else {
try write(to: url)
}
}
}
Update: I wrote a blog post on this, which you can find here!
Keeping things Swifty, here is an example using a FileWriter protocol with default implementation (Swift 4.1 at the time of this writing):
To use this, have your entity (class, struct, enum) conform to this protocol and call the write function (fyi, it throws!).
Writes to the document directory.
Will append to the text file if the file exists.
Will create a new file if the text file doesn't exist.
Note: this is only for text. You could do something similar to write/append Data.
import Foundation
enum FileWriteError: Error {
case directoryDoesntExist
case convertToDataIssue
}
protocol FileWriter {
var fileName: String { get }
func write(_ text: String) throws
}
extension FileWriter {
var fileName: String { return "File.txt" }
func write(_ text: String) throws {
guard let dir = FileManager.default.urls(for: .documentDirectory, in: .userDomainMask).first else {
throw FileWriteError.directoryDoesntExist
}
let encoding = String.Encoding.utf8
guard let data = text.data(using: encoding) else {
throw FileWriteError.convertToDataIssue
}
let fileUrl = dir.appendingPathComponent(fileName)
if let fileHandle = FileHandle(forWritingAtPath: fileUrl.path) {
fileHandle.seekToEndOfFile()
fileHandle.write(data)
} else {
try text.write(to: fileUrl, atomically: false, encoding: encoding)
}
}
}
All answers (as of now) recreate the FileHandle for every write operation. This may be fine for most applications, but this is also rather inefficient: A syscall is made, and the filesystem is accessed each time you create the FileHandle.
To avoid creating the filehandle multiple times, use something like:
final class FileHandleBuffer {
let fileHandle: FileHandle
let size: Int
private var buffer: Data
init(fileHandle: FileHandle, size: Int = 1024 * 1024) {
self.fileHandle = fileHandle
self.size = size
self.buffer = Data(capacity: size)
}
deinit { try! flush() }
func flush() throws {
try fileHandle.write(contentsOf: buffer)
buffer = Data(capacity: size)
}
func write(_ data: Data) throws {
buffer.append(data)
if buffer.count > size {
try flush()
}
}
}
// USAGE
// Create the file if it does not yet exist
FileManager.default.createFile(atPath: fileURL.path, contents: nil)
let fileHandle = try FileHandle(forWritingTo: fileURL)
// Seek will make sure to not overwrite the existing content
// Skip the seek to overwrite the file
try fileHandle.seekToEnd()
let buffer = FileHandleBuffer(fileHandle: fileHandle)
for i in 0..<count {
let data = getData() // Your implementation
try buffer.write(data)
print(i)
}
I'm using the SODA Client for swift (Created by Socrata), I just updated to XCode 7 and swift 2 and found some troubles. The one I haven't been able to solve is the completion handler case when it finds an error, it's not accepting the line "syncCompletion(.Error (reqError))" that supposedly should get the error and return to main thread.
I've seen many errors with the same description here "Type of expression is ambiguous without more context", but not in completion handlers, I saw one using do - catch that is different. I'm don't know enough of swift to find out the way to change this.
Some answers suppose you should rewrite the code because some types could have change in swift 2, but I wouldn't know where to start rewriting.
Thanks in advance for your help.
var task = session.dataTaskWithRequest(request, completionHandler: { data, response, reqError in
// We sync the callback with the main thread to make UI programming easier
let syncCompletion = { res in NSOperationQueue.mainQueue().addOperationWithBlock { completionHandler (res) } }
// Give up if there was a net error
if reqError != nil {
syncCompletion(.Error (reqError))
return
}
// Try to parse the JSON
// println(NSString (data: data, encoding: NSUTF8StringEncoding))
var jsonError: NSError?
var jsonResult: AnyObject!
do {
jsonResult = try NSJSONSerialization.JSONObjectWithData(data!, options: NSJSONReadingOptions.MutableContainers)
} catch var error as NSError {
jsonError = error
jsonResult = nil
} catch {
fatalError()
}
if let error = jsonError {
syncCompletion(.Error (error))
return
}
// Interpret the JSON
if let a = jsonResult as? [[String: AnyObject]] {
syncCompletion(.Dataset (a))
}
else if let d = jsonResult as? [String: AnyObject] {
if let e : AnyObject = d["error"] {
if let m : AnyObject = d["message"] {
syncCompletion(.Error (NSError(domain: "SODA", code: 0, userInfo: ["Error": m])))
return
}
}
syncCompletion(.Dataset ([d]))
}
else {
syncCompletion(.Error (NSError(domain: "SODA", code: 0, userInfo: nil)))
}
})
Solved, I replaced:
if reqError != nil
With
if let error = reqError
and:
syncCompletion(.Error (reqError))
with
syncCompletion(.Error (error))
After an introduction to Javascript, I'm trying to tackle OSX/iOS programming by creating some simple tools to scratch my own itches.
However, right from the jump I hit a roadblock.
I found two examples that should work.
https://github.com/hinderberg/ios-swift-kurs/blob/master/swift-intro/wallpaper.swift
https://www.snip2code.com/Snippet/196825/Swift-shell-script-to-randomize-wallpape
Here's the second:
#!/usr/bin/env xcrun swift
import Foundation
import AppKit
let imagesDir = "/Users/david/Dropbox/Graphics/Wallpaper-HD/"
var err: NSError?
let fs = NSFileManager.defaultManager()
let filenames = fs.contentsOfDirectoryAtPath(imagesDir, error: &err) as [String]?
if let error = err {
NSLog(error.localizedDescription)
} else {
let imagenames = filenames!.filter { $0.hasSuffix(".jpg") || $0.hasSuffix("png") }
let ir = Int(arc4random_uniform(UInt32(imagenames.count)))
let imgurl = NSURL.fileURLWithPath(imagesDir + imagenames[ir])
let workspace = NSWorkspace.sharedWorkspace()
let screen = NSScreen.mainScreen()
let ok : Bool = workspace.setDesktopImageURL( imgurl!, forScreen: screen!, options: nil, error: nil )
if ok {
println( "New wallpaper: " + imagenames[ir] )
} else {
println("Oops!")
}
}
This didn't work in XCode 7 beta 3.
Hoping to reduce to the essentials, I arrived at:
#!/usr/bin/env xcrun swift
import Foundation
import AppKit
let imagesDir = "/Users/josh/Downloads/"
let singleImage = "/Users/josh/Downloads/xlarge.png"
let imgurl = NSURL.fileURLWithPath(singleImage)
let workspace = NSWorkspace.sharedWorkspace()
let screen = NSScreen.mainScreen()
let ok : Bool = workspace.setDesktopImageURL( imgurl, forScreen: screen!, options: nil, error: nil )
if ok {
print( "New wallpaper set!" )
} else {
print("Oops!")
}
And saved as the file wallpaper.swift.
On execution, the error is:
./wallpaper.swift:17:49: error: extra argument 'error' in call
let ok : Bool = workspace.setDesktopImageURL( imgurl, forScreen: screen!, options: nil, error: nil )
And now I'm completely stuck...
I've tried referring to NSWorkspace and NSScreen documentation as well as running through playground, but it's beyond my current skills.
Removing the extra argument it complains about (error: nil) simply gives a different error:
./wallpaper.swift:13:31: error: cannot invoke 'setDesktopImageURL' with an argument list of type '(NSURL, forScreen: NSScreen?, options: nil)'
let ok : Bool = workspace.setDesktopImageURL( imgurl, forScreen: screen, options: nil )
Where is the code failing, and how can I understand how to make it work properly?
In your example you're passing nil as options to the method.
I guess it worked before but now in the comments you showed the current method signature:
(url: NSURL, forScreen screen: NSScreen, options: [String : AnyObject]) throws
We see that options should be a non-Optional Dictionary.
It means you can't use nil anymore for the options parameter: if you don't have options, just pass an empty Dictionary.
Also, now in Swift 2, this method doesn't return a Bool anymore, it throws.
Meaning you have to use it with do try catch:
do {
let imgurl = NSURL.fileURLWithPath(singleImage)
let workspace = NSWorkspace.sharedWorkspace()
if let screen = NSScreen.mainScreen() {
try workspace.setDesktopImageURL(imgurl, forScreen: screen, options: [:])
}
} catch {
print(error)
}
Updated example for Swift 3:
do {
let imgurl = NSURL.fileURL(withPath: singleImage)
let workspace = NSWorkspace.shared()
if let screen = NSScreen.main() {
try workspace.setDesktopImageURL(imgurl, for: screen, options: [:])
}
} catch {
print(error)
}
For those of us using Xamarin Mac, this can be achieved like so:
string filepath = "/Users/you/Desktop/sweet-wallpaper.jpg";
var workspace = NSWorkspace.SharedWorkspace;
var screen = NSScreen.MainScreen;
NSUrl url = NSUrl.FromFilename(filepath);
NSDictionary options = new NSDictionary();
NSError errorContainer = new NSError();
workspace.SetDesktopImageUrl(url, NSScreen.MainScreen, options, errorContainer);
Updated version for Swift 5.x:
do {
let imageURL = URL(fileURLWithPath: "/path/to/image")
if let screen = NSScreen.main {
try NSWorkspace.shared.setDesktopImageURL(imageURL, for: screen, options: [:])
}
} catch {
print(error)
}