What happens to AppGroups after with app transfer?

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I recently changed my developer account from account A to account B. I have successfully transferred my applications.

With transfer of applications my app group was not migrated. So I deleted the app group from account A and recreate it in account B with the exact same identifier.

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When I push an update for my app with Account B, will I be able to access the data in app group which was created when app was part of Account A ?

Shehata Gamal · Accepted Answer · 2018-02-06T23:18:11.810

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Yes , when you install an app in a device the only thing that creates a duplicate of it is changing bundle-id so as long as the bundle-identifier of the app , all extensions and the group is the same , access to old userDefaults shared data will be valid , as evidence Apple makes bundle-ids unique for any app to any developer , and not unique within apps of the same developer , so developer actor is not on the scene when installing an app but for sure it tracks that the app for him to upload crashes and other analytic-s

edited Feb 06 '18 at 23:18

answered Feb 06 '18 at 23:03

Shehata Gamal

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can you perhaps provide some references to back it up? – Milan Nosáľ Feb 06 '18 at 23:05
@Milan you can test this by createing 2 apps from 2 different accounts store in defaults of 1 and when installing the second print current key of the defaults with same bundle-id – Shehata Gamal Feb 06 '18 at 23:15
not that I don't believe you, but I think the answer would benefit from a reference to some official statement from Apple – Milan Nosáľ Feb 06 '18 at 23:16
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@Sh_Khan: Marking your answer as correct one. I tried this and it works fine, I was able to access app group container after transfer. – Sandy Jul 18 '18 at 20:13
@Sandy Happy coding , glad it helps – Shehata Gamal Jul 18 '18 at 20:15

What happens to AppGroups after with app transfer?

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