No. Here’s a function demonstrating how to use it.

- (UIImage *)poseImage:(NSString*)fileName
{
NSString *pictureFile = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@/pictures/%@.jpg", [[NSBundle mainBundle] resourcePath], fileName];
UIImage *picture = [UIImage imageWithContentsOfFile:pictureFile];
return picture;
}

Your picture files will probably be directly in your resource path, not in /pictures/ as in the above sample.

alphabet_Array = [[NSMutableArray alloc] initWithCapacity:26];
for (i = 1; i <= 26; i )
{
picName = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"Alphabet_%d.png",i];
[alphabet_Array addObject: [UIImage imageWithContentsOfFile:picName]];
}
..
..

instead of:

alphabet_Array = [[NSMutableArray alloc] initWithCapacity:26];
for (i = 1; i <= 26; i )
{
picName = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"Alphabet_%d.png",i];
[alphabet_Array addObject: [UIImage imageNamed:picName]];
}

then i get the following messages:

2010-06-11 11:18:27.826 KeyBreaker[810:207] *** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason: '*** -[NSCFArray insertObject:atIndex:]: attempt to insert nil'
2010-06-11 11:18:27.837 KeyBreaker[810:207] Stack: (
852041337,
861292157,
852040821,
852041023,
850612251,
850434453,
850434289,
13413,
828201059,
828199873,
827153745,
827153023,
827464035,
827462369,
827460907,
819342131,
851590557,
851588321,
827151529,
827144691,
12195,
12120
)
terminate called after throwing an instance of 'NSException'
Program received signal: “SIGABRT”.
(gdb)

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but i think this is my mistake…
Am i using the right way to implement imageWithContentsOfFile

Can u put a sample code as to how to use imageWithContentsOfFile…
This is what i have done:

alphabet_Array = [[NSMutableArray alloc] initWithCapacity:26];
for (i = 1; i <= 26; i )
{
picName = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"Alphabet_%d.png",i];
[alphabet_Array addObject: [UIImage imageNamed:picName]];
}

..
..
Now what happens is the total size of all my images is around 4 MB and i am storing all of them in arrays using the above method
so when i launch the game in iPad (Yes Sir "iPad" not iPod), it crashes immediately and gives the following error messages:

warning: Unable to read symbols for "/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/DeviceSupport/3.2 (7B367)/Symbols/System/Library/AccessibilityBundles/AccessibilitySettingsLoader.bundle/AccessibilitySettingsLoader" (file not found).
Program received signal: “0”.

The Debugger has exited due to signal 10 (SIGBUS).The Debugger has exited due to signal 10 (SIGBUS).
(gdb)
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can u help with me with anything u can
i need to store all the images as i m making a game and will be needing those images very often

What using imageWithContentsOfFile: does for you is that you actually have the opportunity to see the allocations and manage them yourself rather than having the System go down behind your back like imageNamed: will do on you.

However, although I can view many more images than previous, I’m still get a memory warning after a while and a bit later my application terminates. Do you know of any problem that imageWithContentsOfFile: may be causing ?