macOS NSImageView setImage

[DeDMakar]

I'm sorry if a basic question.
How to insert in NSImageView image? This code does not work:
Xcode:
@interface MyInitMainWindow : NSObject {
NSImage *StrIconUser;
IBOutlet NSImageView *IconUser;
}
-(IBAction)MySetImageid)sender;
@end

@implementation MyInitMainWindow
-(IBAction)MySetImageid)sender
{
[StrIconUser initWithContentsOfFile"~/Users/admin/Pictures/apple_big.jpg"];
[IconUser setImage:StrIconUser];
}
@end

Interface Builder:
IconUser outlets for NSImageView.
MySetImage action for NSButton.

 

[DeDMakar]

Link must be "/Users/admin/Pictures/apple_big.jpg" . Without ~ .

 

[kainjow]

The ~ character represents the user's home folder, which would be /Users/admin in your case. So the path would actually be ~/Pictures/apple_big.jpg, but in Cocoa ~ doesn't get translated, so you need to use the full path of /Users/admin/Pictures/apple_big.jpg

 

[CaptainZap]

You can convert a ~/ path to a full path by using this method
[@"~/" stringByExpandingTildeInPath];

 

[DeDMakar]

If my image is situated in the project folder, the full path may not be specified? Give example, please.

 

[kainjow]

The full path must always be specified. You just don't always have to hard code it into your app.

Look into the NSBundle, NSImage documentation. They provide everything you need to load images without needing to know the absolute path (if your image is inside your .app's Resources folder).

 

[Sayer]

Add the image to the project, in "Resources", and load the image using:

NSImage *theImage = [NSImage imageNamed:@"apple_big.jpg"];

 

[DeDMakar]

Add the image to the project, in "Resources", and load the image using:

NSImage *theImage = [NSImage imageNamed:@"apple_big.jpg"];

Thank you.