iOS NSMutableArray as a Property - addObject: is an unrecognized selector?

[ArtOfWarfare]

In my header file I declare this property:

@property (readwrite, retain) NSMutableArray *clippings;

The synthesizer is in the main file:

@synthesize clippings;

And here's the code where it crashes:

- (void)viewWillAppear:(BOOL)animated
{
    [super viewWillAppear:animated];

    NSString *clipPath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"Clippings" ofType:@"txt"];
    NSString *clipString = [NSString stringWithContentsOfFile:clipPath encoding:NSUTF16BigEndianStringEncoding error:NULL];
    self.clippings = (NSMutableArray *)[clipString componentsSeparatedByString:@"\n"];
    
    if (![self.clippings containsObject:[UIPasteboard generalPasteboard].string])
    {
        [color="RED"][self.clippings addObject:[UIPasteboard generalPasteboard].string];[/color]
    }
}

The line in red gets highlighted and in the crash log it says:

-[__NSArrayI addObject:]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x57571f0

I declared it as a NSMutableArray, I set up the property to be read-write, and I cast it as a mutable array when I set it. I can't imagine what else I could do to try to make it accept [addObject] besides having an inelegant work around of copying my array's contents into a new array with a new object added in.

Many thanks to anyone who can offer some help with this.

 

[hayesk]

Your line
Self.clippings = (NSMutabkeArray*)[clippings
Was cut off but that's likely the problem. It doesn't matter if you cast it as NSMutableArray or not. If that method (the one cut off in your post) doesn't return an NSMutabkeArray, then it won't work. Casting only fools it into thinking the object is of another class, it doesn't actually change the object. The casting only made the code compile, but it doesn't magically make an array mutable. That's why it crashed when you tried to make it do something it couldn't do.

You'll have to make sure that method returns a mutable array or make a mutable copy. (don't forget to autorelease the copy)

 

[chown33]

And here's the code where it crashes:

- (void)viewWillAppear:(BOOL)animated
{
    [super viewWillAppear:animated];

    NSString *clipPath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"Clippings" ofType:@"txt"];
    NSString *clipString = [NSString stringWithContentsOfFile:clipPath encoding:NSUTF16BigEndianStringEncoding error:NULL];
    self.clippings = (NSMutableArray *)[COLOR="Blue"][clipString componentsSeparatedByString:@"\n"][/COLOR];
    
    if (![self.clippings containsObject:[UIPasteboard generalPasteboard].string])
    {
        [color="RED"][self.clippings addObject:[UIPasteboard generalPasteboard].string];[/color]
    }
}

The blue-hilited code gives an NSArray. It does not give an NSMutableArray.

The type-cast to NSMutableArray is meaningless. You can't make a cow fly simply by naming it "Tweetybird" or "Cessna". You can't change the fundamental nature of an object just by lying about its type.

You need to get a NSMutableArray from an NSArray. -mutableCopy is one such. There are others.