How to get URL for application's document directory iPhone

Question

This code is a part of Core Data. The URLsForDirectory....method does not run on iOS < 4 so I need to know some other methods/objects to call. I would also appriciate doc

Answer 1

An alternative solution would be to use the -[NSFileManager URLsForDirectory:inDomains:] method and fetching the path from the returned NSArray:

Objective-C:

NSArray *paths = [[NSFileManager defaultManager] URLsForDirectory:NSDocumentDirectory inDomains:NSUserDomainMask];
NSURL *documentsURL = [paths lastObject];

Swift:

let paths = NSFileManager.defaultManager().URLsForDirectory(.DocumentDirectory, inDomains: .UserDomainMask)
let documentsURL = paths[0] as! NSURL

This is supported in iOS 4.0+

Answer 2

Swift 3

let documentsUrl = FileManager.default.urls(for: .documentDirectory, in:.userDomainMask).first!

Answer 3

You can get the document path via the NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains foundation function as follows:

NSArray *searchPaths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
NSString *documentPath = [searchPaths objectAtIndex:0];

This will work on iOS 2+.

Answer 4

Here is the Swift 2.2 version:

let paths = NSFileManager.defaultManager().URLsForDirectory(.DocumentDirectory, inDomains: .UserDomainMask)
let filePath = paths[0].URLByAppendingPathComponent("filename")