Create a folder inside documents folder in iOS apps

Question

I just want to create new folders in the documents folder of my iPhone app.

Does anybody know how to do that?

Appreciate your help!

Answer 1

This works fine for me,

NSFileManager *fm = [NSFileManager defaultManager];
NSArray *appSupportDir = [fm URLsForDirectory:NSDocumentsDirectory inDomains:NSUserDomainMask];
NSURL* dirPath = [[appSupportDir objectAtIndex:0] URLByAppendingPathComponent:@"YourFolderName"];

NSError*    theError = nil; //error setting
if (![fm createDirectoryAtURL:dirPath withIntermediateDirectories:YES
                           attributes:nil error:&theError])
{
   NSLog(@"not created");
}

Answer 2

Swift 1.2 and iOS 8

Create custom directory (name = "MyCustomData") inside the documents directory but only if the directory does not exist.

// path to documents directory
let documentDirectoryPath = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(.DocumentDirectory, .UserDomainMask, true).first as! String

// create the custom folder path
let myCustomDataDirectoryPath = documentDirectoryPath.stringByAppendingPathComponent("/MyCustomData")

// check if directory does not exist
if NSFileManager.defaultManager().fileExistsAtPath(myCustomDataDirectoryPath) == false {

    // create the directory
    var createDirectoryError: NSError? = nil
    NSFileManager.defaultManager().createDirectoryAtPath(myCustomDataDirectoryPath, withIntermediateDirectories: false, attributes: nil, error: &createDirectoryError)

    // handle the error, you may call an exception
    if createDirectoryError != nil {
        println("Handle directory creation error...")
    }

}

Answer 3

Swift 3 Solution:

private func createImagesFolder() {
        // path to documents directory
        let documentDirectoryPath = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(.documentDirectory, .userDomainMask, true).first
        if let documentDirectoryPath = documentDirectoryPath {
            // create the custom folder path
            let imagesDirectoryPath = documentDirectoryPath.appending("/images")
            let fileManager = FileManager.default
            if !fileManager.fileExists(atPath: imagesDirectoryPath) {
                do {
                    try fileManager.createDirectory(atPath: imagesDirectoryPath,
                                                    withIntermediateDirectories: false,
                                                    attributes: nil)
                } catch {
                    print("Error creating images folder in documents dir: \(error)")
                }
            }
        }
    }