iPhone (iOS): copying files from main bundle to documents folder causes crash

Question

I am trying to set up my application so that on first launch, a series of files located in the \"Populator\" folder in the main bundle are copied into the documents director

Answer 1

you should check whether the file already exists! Then copy.

+ (BOOL) getFileExistence: (NSString *) filename
{
    BOOL IsFileExists = NO;

    NSArray *documentPaths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
    NSString *documentsDir = [documentPaths objectAtIndex:0];
    NSString *favsFilePath = [documentsDir stringByAppendingPathComponent:filename];

    NSFileManager *fileManager = [NSFileManager defaultManager];

    // Check if the database has already been created in the users filesystem
    if ([fileManager fileExistsAtPath:favsFilePath])
    {
        IsFileExists = YES;
    }
    return IsFileExists;
}

+ (NSString *)dataFilePath:(NSString *)filename {

    NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
    NSString *docDirectory = [paths objectAtIndex:0];
    return [docDirectory stringByAppendingPathComponent:filename];
}

- (void)copyFileToLocal:(NSString *)filename
{

    if (![AppDelegate getFileExistence:filename])
    {
        NSError *error;
        NSString *file = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:filename ofType:nil];

        if (file)
        {
            if([[NSFileManager defaultManager] copyItemAtPath:file toPath:[AppDelegate dataFilePath:filename] error:&error]){
                NSLog(@"File successfully copied");
            } else {

                [[[UIAlertView alloc]initWithTitle:NSLocalizedString(@"error", nil) message: NSLocalizedString(@"failedcopydb", nil)  delegate:nil cancelButtonTitle:NSLocalizedString(@"ok", nil)  otherButtonTitles:nil] show];
                NSLog(@"Error description-%@ \n", [error localizedDescription]);
                NSLog(@"Error reason-%@", [error localizedFailureReason]);
            }
            file = nil;
        }
    }
}

NSLocalizedString are localize strings of the application.