iTunes Tutorial for iOS: How To Integrate iTunes File Sharing With Your iOS App
An iTunes tutorial on how to let users easily copy files to and from your app using the iTunes File Sharing feature. By Ray Wenderlich.
Trying It Out
Build and run your project, and make sure you install it on your iPhone (i.e. not your Simulator), because File Sharing only works with iTunes on a physical device.
You can test that the OS detected your “UIFileSharingEnabled” flag by loading up iTunes, switching to the Apps Tab, and scrolling down: you should see your app there as long as your device is connected:
If it doesn’t show up, try deleting the app from your device and re-installing, and synching iTunes.
Next go ahead and create a new bug, and tap Export. You should immediately see a new entry in the Scary Bug Documents in iTunes File Sharing:
Now for some fun. Download a copy of a sample bug I made. Then in File Sharing in iTunes click “Add…” and browse to the file you downloaded.
Finally, go to the table view in Scary Bugs, tap the “+” button, and tap “Import Bug”. Choose the file you downloaded and you should see a new bug appear on your screen!
Where To Go From Here?
Attached is a sample project with the code we’ve developed in the above iTunes tutorial.
Theres still a little bit of life left in these bugs! Next up is a tutorial on how to import and export your bug documents via email – which will be a snap considering all of the groundwork we’ve laid so far!