iOS Storing Files

[john903]

What directory should your program use to save files? Do you just find your installation path or is there some other path developers are supposed to use to store files?

 

[kainjow]

Use NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains() along with NSDocumentDirectory to get the Documents folder for your application.

 

[Sbrocket]

NSString *basePath = [NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES) objectAtIndex:0];

That will give you the appropriate Documents/ directory path for your application. You should store any files you need saved between sessions (or otherwise) there.

 

[john903]

Thanks! I'm able to get the path but it looks like the folder is given permissions that are not allowing me to save files to the folder using fopen. Am I doing something wrong or do I need to change the permissions on the folder?

Also, the name of the application folder, such as like CE9E47A8-38DC-4DDD-A0AA-93E0666DB241 keeps changing every time the program loads. Is that what's supposed to happen?