I'm trying to save a file to icloud drive. I'm going for the simple version where I don't let the user pick where to save the file, I just save it in the root directory of icloud drive. Here's the code I'm using:
func exportToFiles() {
for page in pages {
let filename = getDocumentsDirectory().appendingPathComponent((page.title ?? "Untitled") + ".png")
if let image = exportImage(page: page, dpi: 300) {
if let data = image.pngData() {
try? data.write(to: filename)
}
}
}
}
func getDocumentsDirectory() -> URL {
let driveURL = FileManager.default.url(forUbiquityContainerIdentifier: nil)?.appendingPathComponent("Documents")
return driveURL!
}
And I have this in my Info.plist
file:
<key>NSUbiquitousContainers</key>
<dict>
<key>iCloud.com.mysite.myapp</key>
<dict>
<key>NSUbiquitousContainerIsDocumentScopePublic</key>
<true/>
<key>NSUbiquitousContainerName</key>
<string>myapp</string>
<key>NSUbiquitousContainerSupportedFolderLevels</key>
<string>Any</string>
</dict>
</dict>
In the UI it looks like this works, because there's a slight pause after I tap my button. But when I look in my files, there's nothing there. What am I doing wrong?
You have to check and create "Documents" folder and also it's good practice to handle errors:
if let containerUrl = FileManager.default.url(forUbiquityContainerIdentifier: nil)?.appendingPathComponent("Documents") {
if !FileManager.default.fileExists(atPath: containerUrl.path, isDirectory: nil) {
do {
try FileManager.default.createDirectory(at: containerUrl, withIntermediateDirectories: true, attributes: nil)
}
catch {
print(error.localizedDescription)
}
}
let fileUrl = containerUrl.appendingPathComponent("hello.txt")
do {
try "Hello iCloud!".write(to: fileUrl, atomically: true, encoding: .utf8)
}
catch {
print(error.localizedDescription)
}
}