Relative Paths Not Working in Xcode C++

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Took me about 5 hours of Google and trying different things to FINALLY find the answer!

#ifdef __APPLE__
#include "CoreFoundation/CoreFoundation.h"
#endif

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// This makes relative paths work in C++ in Xcode by changing directory to the Resources folder inside the .app bundle
#ifdef __APPLE__    
    CFBundleRef mainBundle = CFBundleGetMainBundle();
    CFURLRef resourcesURL = CFBundleCopyResourcesDirectoryURL(mainBundle);
    char path[PATH_MAX];
    if (!CFURLGetFileSystemRepresentation(resourcesURL, TRUE, (UInt8 *)path, PATH_MAX))
    {
        // error!
    }
    CFRelease(resourcesURL);

    chdir(path);
    std::cout << "Current Path: " << path << std::endl;
#endif
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

I’ve thrown some extra include guards because this makes it compile Apple only (I develop cross platform) and makes the code nicer.

I thank the other 2 guys for your answers, your help ultimately got me on the right track to find this answer so i’ve voted you both up. Thanks guys!!!!

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