iphone - How to find image name with imageview? -

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• uiimageview - how file name of image assigned? 14 answers

myimageview = [[uiimageview alloc] initwithimage:[imagearray objectatindex:j]];         [myimageview setuserinteractionenabled:yes];         [myimageview settag:i];          if (i==0||i==1) {              [uiimageview beginanimations:nil context:null];             [uiimageview setanimationduration:1.5];             [uiimageview setanimationrepeatcount:0];             myimageview.center=cgpointmake(42+t, 220+y);            [self.view addsubview:myimageview];             nslog(@"my imageviw tag %d",myimageview.tag);             [myimageview release];             t=t+10;              y=y+10;          } 

i still dont understood question..if want image file name uiimageview object not possible..

the reason uiimageview instance not store image file. stores displays uiimage instance. when make image file, this:

uiimage *picture = [uiimage imagenamed:@"myfile.png"]; once done, there no longer reference filename. uiimage instance contains data, regardless of got it. thus, uiimageview couldn't possibly know filename.

also, if could, never filename info view. breaks mvc.

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