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Erik Sapir
Erik Sapir

Reputation: 24737

NSDocumentDirectory changes after each install

I install my application using an ad-hoc provisioning. Each time i install the application, the NSDocumentDirectory is different. The GUID at the end of the path changes.

Why?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 624

Answers (1)

Panagiotis
Panagiotis

Reputation: 1567

Every ios app is a sandbox. That means that whenever the app is installed, it gets a unique guid to operate within that "space" and only that space. This goes for all phones, for example your phone has guid a' the other user's phone will have a guid b'.

Similarly, each app creates its own filesystem directories (/documents, /library, etc) to operate within.

If you want to access asset files, do them through NSFileManager functions (combined with NSDocumentDirectory) or have a shared itunes folder for documents.

Upvotes: 1

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