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I'm trying to read the contents of a file on the filesystem in a macOS Swift app (Xcode 9 / Swift 4).I'm using the following snippet for it:let path = "/my/path/string.txt"
let s = try! String(contentsOfFile: path)
print(s)My problem is the following:1. This works in a Playground2. This works when I use the Command Line Tool macOS app template3. This terminates in a permission error when I use the Cocoa App macOS app templateThe permission error is the following:Fatal error: 'try!' expression unexpectedly raised an error:
Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=257 "The file "data.txt" couldn't be opened because you don't have permission to view it."
UserInfo={NSFilePath=/my/path/data.txt, NSUnderlyingError=0x60c0000449b0 {Error Domain=NSPOSIXErrorDomain Code=1 "Operation not permitted"}}I guess it's related to sandboxing but I found no information about it.1. How can I read from the filesystem in a sandboxed app? I mean there are so many GUI apps which need an Open File dialog, it cannot be a realistic restriction of sandboxed apps to not read files from outside the sandbox.2. Alternatively, how can I switch off sandboxing in Build Settings?3. Finally, I tried to compare the project.pbxproj files between the default Cocoa Apps and Command Line Tool template and I didn't see any meaningful difference, like something about security or sandbox. If not here, where are those settings stored?