iOS - Flag entire Document directory as do not backup

Question

My application got rejected by Apple due to :

2.23: Apps must follow the iOS Data Storage Guidelines or they will be rejected

so

Answer 1

You can mark as no-backup only the parent folder, not every file. But it should not be a Documents directory as it should contain only user-created content. You should use Library/Application Support (Technical Q&A QA1719)

NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSApplicationSupportDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
NSString *directory = [paths objectAtIndex:0];
directory = [directory stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"MyData"];

NSFileManager *fileManager = [NSFileManager defaultManager];

if ([fileManager fileExistsAtPath:directory] == NO) {

    NSError *error;
    if ([fileManager createDirectoryAtPath:directory withIntermediateDirectories:YES attributes:nil error:&error] == NO) {
        NSLog(@"Error: Unable to create directory: %@", error);
    }

    NSURL *url = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:directory];
    // exclude downloads from iCloud backup
    if ([url setResourceValue:[NSNumber numberWithBool:YES] forKey:NSURLIsExcludedFromBackupKey error:&error] == NO) {
        NSLog(@"Error: Unable to exclude directory from backup: %@", error);
    }
}

Credits: xinsight blog

Answer 2

... And finally my application has been approved . just follow this instruction :

put this code on appDelegate.m (didFinishLunching)

NSString *docsDir;
NSArray *dirPaths;
NSURL * finalURL;
dirPaths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
docsDir = [dirPaths objectAtIndex:0];


finalURL = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:docsDir];


[self addSkipBackupAttributeToItemAtURL:finalURL];

and skip backup :

- (BOOL)addSkipBackupAttributeToItemAtURL:(NSURL *)URL

{

    assert([[NSFileManager defaultManager] fileExistsAtPath: [URL path]]);



    NSError *error = nil;

    BOOL success = [URL setResourceValue: [NSNumber numberWithBool: YES]

                                  forKey: NSURLIsExcludedFromBackupKey error: &error];

    if(!success){

        NSLog(@"Error excluding %@ from backup %@", [URL lastPathComponent], error);

    }

    return success;
}