Can iOS documents persist through app updates?

A typical update involves first writing the new version of the app to the device, then moving any contents of /Documents over from the original app, then deleting the old app.

In your example, where I assume /FFFF/ is created by you, '/FFFF/Documents' is not promised to be protected - you can't just create /Documents anywhere you choose and expect a normal install to help you.

Is there some reason you don't use /Documents?

iOS stores them in

This looks like the path returned by

NSFileManager

for the

NSDocumentDirectory

directory. If so, items store there should be preserved across updates. If this isn’t working for your app then that’s worth investigating because it works for a bazillion other apps.

This folder is in the app bundle, yes?

No. It looks like a path to the app’s container, not the app’s bundle. Consider this code:

let docDir = try! FileManager.default.url(for: .documentDirectory, in: .userDomainMask, appropriateFor: nil, create: true)
let bundleDir = Bundle.main.bundleURL
print("   docDir:", docDir.path)
print("bundleDir:", bundleDir.path)

If you run it on a modern iOS device you get this:

   docDir: /var/mobile/Containers/Data/Application/834D6255-CEB6-429E-9F0E-C24E2161BB66/Documents
bundleDir: /var/containers/Bundle/Application/0DA395D2-C136-4ECD-B422-7EAEAED23593/xxsi.app

Note that the app’s container is within

/var/mobile/

, which you can think of as the user’s home directory. In contrast, the app’s bundle is in (the confusingly named)

/var/containers/

.

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Hej

hi i have this error Message when **** my app on a device

'/private/var/containers/Bundle/Application/1372BFA2-90C5-4F48-B671-33860246FC58

need your help to fix this