Function deprecated in ios 4

Question

Hi all i update to ios 4 but in my app i use :

NSString *connected = [NSString string withContentofURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"http://myurl.com/myFile]];

but now i get the following :

StringWithContentsofURL is deprecated ! 

I use this to test if connection is available.

What can i do ??

thanks

Answer 1

A little Googling will give you the answer here:

It has been replaced with stringWithContentsOfURL:encoding:error...

Source: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2039203/what-is-the-stringwithcontentsofurl-replacement-for-objective-c

Also, in the future, please try to spell check your inquiries.

Answer 2

As of iPhone OS2 (so this is not new) the

[NSString withContentsOfURL: (NSURL*) url]

method has been replaced with

+ (id)stringWithContentsOfURL: (NSURL *)url encoding: (NSStringEncoding)enc error: (NSError **)error

Here's an example using the new signature:

NSError* error = nil;
NSURL* url = [NSURL urlWithString: @"www.google.com"];
NSString* stringForUrlPath = [NSString stringWithContentsOfURL: url 
                                                      encoding: NSUTF8StringEncoding 
                                                         error: &error];

See this for your options for NSStringEncoding.

Answer 3

Use

 NSError* error;
 NSString *string = [NSString stringWithContentsOfURL:url encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding error:&error];

instead. Apple shouldn't have included stringWithContentsOfURL: (without encoding) to start with. It has been deprecated on OS X for a long time, because that was the cause of a lot of headaches for non-English speakers.

That said, don't download something to test the connectivity. Instead, use Reachiability.