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Uninstalling app not delete app group data .Do I have to remove app group container and it's content manually?


I created a Today Extension that is introduced in iOS 8 first time. To share data between Today extension and it's container App, I defined an app group, and bind them to this group. (Actually I added an embedded framework also to re-use code in both side.)

Details of this method is described in Apple's document.

I created some core data model and store it as sqlite on group container. Then everything works as I thought.

However, when I uninstall container app, There are still shared container and it's content on my iPhone. I think when last member of app group is uninstalled, this container should have to be deleted automatically. In my case, members of app group are shipped with just a single app, So, uninstalling this app should have to clear shared container.

Am I wrong?

ps. I could not find a way to delete this shared container as an user. Only developer who has rights to access app-group can remove this container with programming.


Solution

  • In iOS8 beta 4, App group container is deleted automatically when the last app that is belongs to the group is uninstalled,

    So, it was just a bug that is now fixed by Apple.