Apps must follow the iOS Data Storage Guidelines or they will be rejected in app that contains .pdf

Question

I have created an ebook and ePaper app and my app contains a lot of images and pdf files and I was putting the downloaded images , pdf files Documents directory

Image directory:

           NSString *strPageURL = [dictPage valueForKey:@"imagelink"];
            strPageURL = [strPageURL stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@"\n" withString:@""];
            strPageURL = [strPageURL stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@"\t" withString:@""];
            strPageURL = [strPageURL stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@" " withString:@""];

            NSString* strFileName = [strPageURL lastPathComponent];
            NSString *strDestFile = [NSHomeDirectory() stringByAppendingPathComponent:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"Documents/%@",strFileName]];

Pdf Directory

          NSString *strThumbURL = [dictPage valueForKey:@"thumbimage"];
            //  NSLog(@"%@",strThumbURL);
            NSString* strThumbName = [strThumbURL lastPathComponent];
            NSString *strThumbPath = [NSHomeDirectory() stringByAppendingPathComponent:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"Documents/%@",strThumbName]];

            BOOL fileExists = [[NSFileManager defaultManager] fileExistsAtPath:strThumbPath];

How do I prevent files from being backed up to iCloud and iTunes?

--------------------------how to implement this method in my code-----------------------------------

- (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;
}

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:28

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Yes your app may get rejected if you download large data and store it in Documents directory. I have faced this problem.

read more here iOS 5 does not allow to store downloaded data in Documents directory?

Adding the "Do Not Backup" attribute to a folder hierarchy in iOS 5.0.1

edited May 23 '17 at 12:28

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answered Mar 10 '14 at 05:38

Surender Rathore

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then how to reslove this problem ? – Ravindhiran Mar 10 '14 at 05:44
see this link http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8209406/ios-5-does-not-allow-to-store-downloaded-data-in-documents-directory. It may help you. – Mani Mar 10 '14 at 05:46
if we use Caches directory no need to implement addSkipBackupAttributeToItemAtURL method right – Ravindhiran Mar 10 '14 at 06:54
if i use document directory how to call addSkipBackupAttributeToItemAtURL – Ravindhiran Mar 10 '14 at 07:59
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NSString *strDestFile = [NSHomeDirectory() stringByAppendingPathComponent:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"Documents/%@",strFileName]]; NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:strDestFile]; [self addSkipBackupAttributeToItemAtURL:url]; It should work like this – Surender Rathore Mar 10 '14 at 09:46
@SurenderRathore : just wanted to confirm, using the code that you provided will approve the app... right? – Fahim Parkar Oct 08 '14 at 08:57
@FahimParkar yes it apporved mine. – Surender Rathore Oct 08 '14 at 14:21

Apps must follow the iOS Data Storage Guidelines or they will be rejected in app that contains .pdf

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