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Getting an iOS application's "~/Library" path reliably

This Apple tech note:

http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#qa/qa2010/qa1699.html

suggests storing "internal" user documents in a subdirectory off of ~/Library. But I can't find one of the pre-created search domains that would get me this. What's the best/most correct/least likely to ever break way of constructing this path?

Thanks.

Solution

  • The correct way is

    NSString* path;
path = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSLibraryDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES)[0];

    However, [@"~/Library" stringByExpandingTildeInPath] also works.

    Swift 3: 

    let path = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(.libraryDirectory, .userDomainMask, true)[0]