ios - Loading images from documents directory to UICollectionView -

i having problem loading images uicollectionview. trying take photo , save name documents folder, , want photo appear in collection view after photo taking dismisses.

up until images being saved in documents folder , automatically added _stepimagesarray can't figure out how load images , populate uicollectionview them.

please help, has been while trials , errors :)

stepscollectionviewcontroller.m

- (void)viewdidload {  [super viewdidload];  _stepimagesarray = [[nsmutablearray alloc] init];  }   #pragma mark - uicollectionview settings - (nsinteger)collectionview:(uicollectionview *)view numberofitemsinsection:     (nsinteger)section { return _stepimagesarray.count;   }  - (uicollectionviewcell *)collectionview:(uicollectionview *)collectionview     cellforitematindexpath:(nsindexpath *)indexpath{ static nsstring *identifier = @"cell";   collectionviewcell *cell = [collectionview dequeuereusablecellwithreuseidentifier:identifier forindexpath:indexpath];   cell.imagecell.image = [uiimage imagenamed:[_stepimagesarray objectatindex:indexpath.row]];     cell.labelcell.text = _stepimagesarray[indexpath.row];  return cell; }   - (ibaction)takephoto  {  uiimagepickercontroller *photopicker = [[uiimagepickercontroller alloc] init]; photopicker.delegate = self; photopicker.sourcetype = uiimagepickercontrollersourcetypecamera; [self presentviewcontroller:photopicker animated:yes completion:null];  }   - (void)imagepickercontroller:(uiimagepickercontroller *)photopicker didfinishpickingmediawithinfo:(nsdictionary *)info  {  uiimage *selectedimage = [info valueforkey:uiimagepickercontrolleroriginalimage]; [self.selectedimageview setimage:selectedimage];       arraycount = self.stepimagesarray.count;  nslog(@"array count is: %i",arraycount);   nsstring *jpgimagename = [nsstring stringwithformat:@"documents/foldername_%@%i.jpg", passedstepname, arraycount+1]; nsstring *jpgimagenameforarray = [nsstring stringwithformat:@"foldername_%@%i.jpg", passedstepname, arraycount+1];    nsstring  *jpgpath = [nshomedirectory() stringbyappendingpathcomponent: jpgimagename];  [uiimagejpegrepresentation(selectedimage, 0.1) writetofile:jpgpath atomically:yes];  // let's check see if files written...  // create file manager nserror *error; nsfilemanager *filemgr = [nsfilemanager defaultmanager];  // point document directory nsstring *documentsdirectory = [nshomedirectory() stringbyappendingpathcomponent:@"documents"];  // write out contents of home directory console nslog(@"documents directory: %@", [filemgr contentsofdirectoryatpath:documentsdirectory error:&error]);   [_stepimagesarray addobject:jpgimagenameforarray];  [photopicker dismissviewcontrolleranimated:yes completion:nil];   } 

collectionviewcell.h

@interface collectionviewcell : uicollectionviewcell  @property (weak, nonatomic) iboutlet uiimageview *imagecell;  @property (weak, nonatomic) iboutlet uilabel *labelcell;  @end