How do you compact a Realm DB on iOS?

Question

I\'d like to compact a Realm instance on iOS periodically to recover space. I think the process is to copy the db to a temporary location, then copy it back and use the new defa

Answer 1

Well.. it appears as though this issue is mostly obsolete. Realm added an automatic compact feature last fall. Realm Docs / compacting-realms. I think the only reason to do it as described by @marius is if you need to control the user experience and compact in the background.

See this question for more: How to correctly use shouldCompactOnLaunch in RealmSwift