Convert NSString to string

Answer 1

The function's prototype is:

void CGContextShowTextAtPoint (
   CGContextRef c,
   CGFloat x,
   CGFloat y,
   const char *string,
   size_t length
);

but in the 4th argument you are passing a NSString * (and not a const char * as required by the function prototype).

You can convert the NSString to a C string using the cStringUsingEncoding method of the NSString, e.g.:

CGContextShowTextAtPoint(context, 50, 50, [stringFromDate cStringUsingEncoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding]);

Answer 2

What is the value of stringFromDate? What are you expecting?

also getting warning while compiling warning: passing argument 4 of 'CGContextShowTextAtPoint' from incompatible pointer type

If you look at the docs for CGContextShowTextAtPoint, you'll see that the fourth parameter needs to be a char*, not an NSString*.

You have:

GContextShowTextAtPoint(context, 50, 50, stringFromDate, 5);

You want:

GContextShowTextAtPoint(context, 50, 50, [stringFromDate UTF8String], 5);