storing data on iOS devices

[Chris Sheffield]

Thanks. I'll give that a try.

Chris


On Sep 10, 2012, at 9:19 AM, John Dixon <dixonja at hotmail.co.uk> wrote:

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> 
> Chris...
> 
> Have a read of 'file Attributes' on page 23 of the iOS release notes... If I understand this correctly, you can happily save your 'stuff' in the 'documents' folder and using the 'iphoneDoNotBackUpFile' function set a flag as to whether things should be backed up to icloud/itunes or not...
> 
> be well
> 
> Dixie
> 
>> From: cmsheffield at me.com
>> Subject: storing data on iOS devices
>> Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2012 09:13:10 -0600
>> To: use-livecode at lists.runrev.com
>> 
>> This has come up before on the list, but I haven't been able to find a reliable location where I can store persistent data without it being backed up to iTunes. We've got an app that downloads and stores quite a bit of media (audio, pictures, etc.) that needs to persist on the device but doesn't need to be backed up. Right now I have it saved in Library/Caches/[appID] folder. My previous understanding was that this would be a safe place to store it, but just the other day on a test device that was low on disk space we noticed there was a "Cleaning..." message under the app icon and all the data was wiped out.
>> 
>> So what does everyone else do? Where can I store the data so this won't happen, but *not* have it backed up to iTunes/iCloud?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Chris
>> 
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