loading images from documents directory into an array - nsmutablearray

Question

I have some jpg images I am saving to the documents directory from camera shots. I want to find all the jpg images in the documents directory and load them into an array so they can be in a overflow view.
Here is my code to find and sort the jpg images in the documents directory.
NSString *extension = #"jpg";
NSFileManager *fileManager = [NSFileManager defaultManager];
NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
NSString *documentsDirectory = [paths objectAtIndex:0];
NSArray *contents = [fileManager contentsOfDirectoryAtPath:documentsDirectory error:nil];
NSMutableArray *jpegFiles = [NSMutableArray arrayWithCapacity: [contents count]];
NSString *filename;
for (filename in contents)
{
if ([[filename pathExtension] isEqualToString:extension])
{
[jpegFiles addObject:[UIImage imageNamed:[documentsDirectory stringByAppendingPathComponent:filename]]];
}
}
// Add the coverflow view
coverflow = [[TKCoverflowView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 320, 480)];
coverflow.coverflowDelegate = self;
coverflow.dataSource = self;
[self.view addSubview:coverflow];
[coverflow setNumberOfCovers:6];
- (void) coverflowView:(TKCoverflowView*)coverflowView coverAtIndexWasBroughtToFront:(int)index{
NSLog(#"Front %d",index);
}
- (TKCoverflowCoverView*) coverflowView:(TKCoverflowView*)coverflowView coverAtIndex:(int)index{
TKCoverflowCoverView *cover = [coverflowView dequeueReusableCoverView];
if(cover == nil){
// Change the covers size here
cover = [[TKCoverflowCoverView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 280, 210)]; // 224
cover.baseline = 200;
}
cover.image = [covers objectAtIndex:index % [covers count]];
return cover;
}
I have tried everything I can think of and nothing works.
It has been suggested that I load each image by getting the path to the image from the array of pathnames, and use the method imageWithContentsOfFile to load the image.
I have looked this up and did searches for how to do this but with no luck. Could someone show me how to do this.

Answer 1

You should do it as below,
if ([[filename pathExtension] isEqualToString:extension])
{
[jpegFiles addObject:[UIImage imageWithContentsOfFile:[documentsDirectory stringByAppendingPathComponent:filename]]];
}