How can I convert my device token (NSData) into an

Question

I am implementing push notifications. I'd like to save my APNS Token as a String.

- (void)application:(UIApplication *)application
didRegisterForRemoteNotificationsWithDeviceToken:(NSData *)newDeviceToken
{
    NSString *tokenString = [NSString stringWithUTF8String:[newDeviceToken bytes]]; //[[NSString alloc]initWithData:newDeviceToken encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
    NSLog(@"%@", tokenString);
    NSLog(@"%@", newDeviceToken);
}

The first line of code prints null. the second prints the token. How can I get my newDeviceToken as an NSString?

Answer 1

NSString *tokenstring = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:token encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];

Answer 2

This is a little bit shorter solution:

NSData *token = // ...
const uint64_t *tokenBytes = token.bytes;
NSString *hex = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%016llx%016llx%016llx%016llx",
                 ntohll(tokenBytes[0]), ntohll(tokenBytes[1]),
                 ntohll(tokenBytes[2]), ntohll(tokenBytes[3])];

Answer 3

Functional Swift version

One liner:

let hexString = UnsafeBufferPointer<UInt8>(start: UnsafePointer(data.bytes),
count: data.length).map { String(format: "%02x", $0) }.joinWithSeparator("")

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Here's in a reusable and self documenting extension form:

extension NSData {
    func base16EncodedString(uppercase uppercase: Bool = false) -> String {
        let buffer = UnsafeBufferPointer<UInt8>(start: UnsafePointer(self.bytes),
                                                count: self.length)
        let hexFormat = uppercase ? "X" : "x"
        let formatString = "%02\(hexFormat)"
        let bytesAsHexStrings = buffer.map {
            String(format: formatString, $0)
        }
        return bytesAsHexStrings.joinWithSeparator("")
    }
}

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Alternatively, use reduce("", combine: +) instead of joinWithSeparator("") to be seen as a functional master by your peers.

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Edit: I changed String($0, radix: 16) to String(format: "%02x", $0), because one digit numbers needed to having a padding zero

(I don't know yet how to mark a question as a duplicate of this other one, so I just posted my answer again)

Answer 4

var token: String = ""
for i in 0..<deviceToken.count {
    token += String(format: "%02.2hhx", deviceToken[i] as CVarArg)
}

print(token)

Answer 5

It's my solution and It works well in my app:

    NSString* newToken = [[[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@",deviceToken] 
stringByTrimmingCharactersInSet:[NSCharacterSet characterSetWithCharactersInString:@"<>"]] stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@" " withString:@""];

• convert NSData to NSString with stringWithFormat
• trim the "<>"
• remove the spaces

Answer 6

Use excellent category!

// .h file

@interface NSData (DeviceToken)

- (NSString *)stringDeviceToken;

@end    

// .m file

#import "NSData+DeviceToken.h"

@implementation NSData (DeviceToken)

- (NSString *)stringDeviceToken {
    const unsigned *deviceTokenBytes = [deviceToken bytes];
    NSString *deviceToken = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%08x%08x%08x%08x%08x%08x%08x%08x",
                     ntohl(deviceTokenBytes[0]), ntohl(deviceTokenBytes[1]), ntohl(deviceTokenBytes[2]),
                     ntohl(deviceTokenBytes[3]), ntohl(deviceTokenBytes[4]), ntohl(deviceTokenBytes[5]),
                     ntohl(deviceTokenBytes[6]), ntohl(deviceTokenBytes[7])];
    return deviceToken;
}

@end

// AppDelegate.m

#import "NSData+DeviceToken.h"

- (void)application:(UIApplication *)application didRegisterForRemoteNotificationsWithDeviceToken:(NSData *)deviceToken
{
    NSString *token = deviceToken.stringDeviceToken;
}

Works fine!