importing sqlite to coredata

Question

I have imported sqlite prepopulated dbs to my coredata projects before, but now I have created a project in the 3.2.5. xcode, wich changes nsurl for nstring in the AppDelegate,

Answer 1

apple changed the helper method that returns the application dictionary in the core data templates.

You are relying on this version:

- (NSString *)applicationDocumentsDirectory {
    return [NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES) lastObject];
}

but apple changed it to this version

- (NSURL *)applicationDocumentsDirectory {
    return [[[NSFileManager defaultManager] URLsForDirectory:NSDocumentDirectory inDomains:NSUserDomainMask] lastObject];
}

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to fix it, just change this.

NSString *storePath = [[self applicationDocumentsDirectory] stringByAppendingPathComponent: @"ChildCare_v02.sqlite"]; //WARNING !! here
NSURL *storeUrl = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:storePath]; 
//NSURL *storeURL = [[self applicationDocumentsDirectory]    URLByAppendingPathComponent:@"ChildCare_v02.sqlite"]; //actual SDK style for blank db

to this

//NSString *storePath = [[self applicationDocumentsDirectory] stringByAppendingPathComponent: @"ChildCare_v02.sqlite"]; //WARNING !! here
//NSURL *storeUrl = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:storePath]; 
NSURL *storeUrl = [[self applicationDocumentsDirectory]    URLByAppendingPathComponent:@"ChildCare_v02.sqlite"]; //actual SDK style for blank db

sorry, but omfg

Answer 2

thanks Ishu, you helped me a lot by pointing the NSArray way!!!

this was the solution I ended up by enlightenment !

- (NSPersistentStoreCoordinator *)persistentStoreCoordinator {

if (persistentStoreCoordinator_ != nil) {
    return persistentStoreCoordinator_;
}



NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
NSString *documentsDirectory = [paths objectAtIndex:0];
NSString *writableDBPath = [documentsDirectory stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"ChildCare_v02.sqlite"];

NSString *storePath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"ChildCare_v02" ofType:@"sqlite"];


NSURL *storeURL = [[self applicationDocumentsDirectory] URLByAppendingPathComponent:@"ChildCare_v02.sqlite"]; //este es el que sirve!!! CREE ESTE

NSLog(@"store URL %@", storeURL);

    // Put down default db if it doesn't already exist
NSFileManager *fileManager = [NSFileManager defaultManager];
if (![fileManager fileExistsAtPath:writableDBPath]) {
    NSLog(@"proceda aqui");
    NSString *defaultStorePath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"ChildCare_v02" ofType:@"sqlite"];
    NSLog(@"no existe todavia");
    NSLog(@"defalultStorePath %@", defaultStorePath);


    if (defaultStorePath) {
      [fileManager copyItemAtPath:defaultStorePath toPath:writableDBPath error:NULL];
        NSLog(@"storePath= %@", storePath);
    }
}    

NSError *error = nil;
persistentStoreCoordinator_ = [[NSPersistentStoreCoordinator alloc] initWithManagedObjectModel:[self managedObjectModel]];
if (![persistentStoreCoordinator_ addPersistentStoreWithType:NSSQLiteStoreType configuration:nil URL:storeURL options:nil error:&error]) {

NSLog(@"Unresolved error %@, %@", error, [error userInfo]);
abort();
    }    

   return persistentStoreCoordinator_;
    }

hope it helps some noob like me wanting to import prepopulated sqlite to a coredata db, note that first need to create blank db, to keep the structure and then populated (I used SQLite database browser to import CSV columns to my sqlite)

ss9

Answer 3

You don't need to use NSString paths at all, it can all be done with NSURL methods.

NSURL *storeURL = [[self applicationDocumentsDirectory] URLByAppendingPathComponent:@"Database.sqlite"];

// If the database doesn't exist copy in the default one
if (![storeURL checkResourceIsReachableAndReturnError:NULL])
{
    NSURL *defaultStoreURL = [[NSBundle mainBundle] URLForResource:@"Database" withExtension:@"sqlite"];

    if ([defaultStoreURL checkResourceIsReachableAndReturnError:NULL])
    {
        NSFileManager *fileManager = [NSFileManager defaultManager];
        [fileManager copyItemAtURL:defaultStoreURL toURL:storeURL error:NULL];
    }
}