Catalyst document folder does not exist

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Hey, on iOS we always access the document folder assuming it exists, but on Catalyst we ran into issues caused by the fact that the document folder does not exist, so we had to create it first. Is it normal behaviour on catalyst ?

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Answer 1

Yes, it’s normal. You can use FileManager.url(for:in:appropriateFor:create:) to look up this directory, and pass true to the create: parameter to get this directory created for you if needed.

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This worked for me:

NSFileManager *fileManager = [NSFileManager defaultManager];

NSURL *directoryURL = [fileManager URLForDirectory:NSDocumentDirectory inDomain:NSUserDomainMask appropriateForURL:nil create:NO error:nil];

NSArray *urls = [fileManager contentsOfDirectoryAtURL:directoryURL includingPropertiesForKeys:[NSArray arrayWithObjects:NSURLNameKey, NSURLIsDirectoryKey, NSURLContentModificationDateKey, nil] options:NSDirectoryEnumerationSkipsHiddenFiles error:nil];

NSLog(@"%@",urls);

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Answer 2

Yes, it’s normal. You can use FileManager.url(for:in:appropriateFor:create:) to look up this directory, and pass true to the create: parameter to get this directory created for you if needed.

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Frameworks Engineer

This worked for me:

NSFileManager *fileManager = [NSFileManager defaultManager];

NSURL *directoryURL = [fileManager URLForDirectory:NSDocumentDirectory inDomain:NSUserDomainMask appropriateForURL:nil create:NO error:nil];

NSArray *urls = [fileManager contentsOfDirectoryAtURL:directoryURL includingPropertiesForKeys:[NSArray arrayWithObjects:NSURLNameKey, NSURLIsDirectoryKey, NSURLContentModificationDateKey, nil] options:NSDirectoryEnumerationSkipsHiddenFiles error:nil];

NSLog(@"%@",urls);

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mediawave107

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Answer 3

This worked for me:
NSFileManager *fileManager = [NSFileManager defaultManager]; NSURL *directoryURL = [fileManager URLForDirectory:NSDocumentDirectory inDomain:NSUserDomainMask appropriateForURL:nil create:NO error:nil];

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