iOS App Group Directory write not permitted - ios

When my app is launching I am creating the directory to store some files that later can be shared with extension.
To get the directory I am calling:
let containerURL = FileManager.default.containerURL(forSecurityApplicationGroupIdentifier: "com.poster")
Afterwards I am trying to create a custom caches directory.
let posterCachesURL = containerURL.appendingPathComponent("PosterCaches")
do {
try FileManager.default.createDirectory(at: posterCachesURL, withIntermediateDirectories: true)
} catch {
// ... logging error
}
This works just fine, however in production environment some users get this error:
Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=513 "You don’t have permission to save the file "PosterCaches" in the folder ***folderID***."
UserInfo={NSFilePath=.../PosterCaches,
NSUnderlyingError=0x2401a00c0 {Error Domain=NSPOSIXErrorDomain Code=1 "Operation not permitted"}}
Have anyone faced this issue?
Thank you in advance!

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I'm trying to import a custom file from one of my apps to another one (let's call them App_A and App_B). If I export the file directly from App_A and in the share sheet I select App_B everything works fine.
My problem is that the file is saved in iCloud Drive so the user can access it through the system's File app. When I try to select the same file from Files app or in App_B through UIDocumentPickerViewController.
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The error I get is always the same:
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I am trying to save xlsx file from document folder to app folder. Here is code but it showing error:
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Rewrite or delete existing .png file in IOS swift apllication

I would like to add the text on my .png image which exist in my swift application and REPLACE my old image with this edited image.
But when I am trying to remove old image I am getting the error message :
Error : Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=513 "“Background.png”
couldn’t be removed because you don’t have permission to access it."
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4709-9E3B-8013733175BA/SignatureApp.app/Background.png, NSUserStringVariant=(
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Domain=NSPOSIXErrorDomain Code=1 "Operation not permitted"}}
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let fileManager = NSFileManager.defaultManager()
do {
try fileManager.removeItemAtPath(path)
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catch let error as NSError {
print("Error: \(error)")
}
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using
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Actions:
I have removed the "file://" from the path and it now has a permissions issue.
Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=257 "The file “IMG_0048.JPG” couldn’t be opened because you don’t have permission to view it." UserInfo={NSFilePath=/var/mobile/Media/DCIM/100APPLE/IMG_0048.JPG, NSUnderlyingError=0x13f978f50 {Error Domain=NSPOSIXErrorDomain Code=1 "Operation not permitted"}}
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I have tried to look for the file myself using "NSSearchPathDirectory" however the paths do not match in any way
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In your Application, you don't have permission to access the file of /var/mobile/Media/DCIM/100APPLE/IMG_0048.JPG, because of Sandboxing.
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PHImageManager.default().requestImageData(
for: assetObject!, options: options,
resultHandler: {
data, _, _, _ in
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self.assetUrl = movieMaker.createMovieFrom(imageData: data!, duration: Int(CXPreparetValue.imageDuration))
}
})
it works for me! If you have other opinions, please tell me.
In my case, the file permissions were too restrictive, so I couldn't read the file.
Adding read+write permissions to the file before accessing it solved it.
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var attrs = try FileManager.default.attributesOfItem(atPath: stringpath)
let existing = (attrs as NSDictionary).filePosixPermissions()
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attrs[.posixPermissions] = existing | 0b110000000
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try FileManager.default.setAttributes(attrs, ofItemAtPath: stringpath)
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let data = try Data(contentsOf: URL(fileURLWithPath: stringpath, isDirectory: false), options: .uncached)
print("success: \(data.count)")
} catch {
print(error)
}
That works if you're in a folder with enough permissions, as you can change the files permissions even if you didn't had read permission on the file previously. This solution was applied at https://github.com/ZipArchive/ZipArchive/issues/293.

Can I save files/folders in NSSearchPathDirectory.ApplicationDirectory? NSSearchPathDirectory.DocumentDirectory is not ideal for me

iOS 8.4 | Swift 2.1
When I was tried to create a new folder in NSSearchPathDirectory.ApplicationDirectory, I followed with this error on device (in simulator it did worked, though):
code:
let docuPath:NSURL = NSURL(fileURLWithPath: NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSSearchPathDirectory.ApplicationDirectory, NSSearchPathDomainMask.UserDomainMask, true)[0])
ConstantsVO.imagePath = docuPath.URLByAppendingPathComponent("imagegallery")
if !NSFileManager.defaultManager().fileExistsAtPath(ConstantsVO.imagePath.path!)
{
do
{
try NSFileManager.defaultManager().createDirectoryAtPath(ConstantsVO.imagePath.path!, withIntermediateDirectories: true, attributes: nil)
}
catch let error as NSError
{
NSLog("\(error.localizedDescription)")
}
catch
{
print("general error - \(error)", terminator: "\n")
}
}
error
2015-11-02 10:53:21.114 Elmo[218:5055] You don’t have permission to
save the file “imagegallery” in the folder “Applications”. fatal error:
'try!' expression unexpectedly raised an error: Error
Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=4 "The file “imagegallery” doesn’t
exist."
UserInfo={NSURL=file:///var/mobile/Containers/Data/Application/48D90635-0D66-44C2-81CE-F67BAFDA819A/Applications/imagegallery,
NSFilePath=/var/mobile/Containers/Data/Application/48D90635-0D66-44C2-81CE-F67BAFDA819A/Applications/imagegallery,
NSUnderlyingError=0x16e7d540 {Error Domain=NSPOSIXErrorDomain Code=2
"No such file or directory"}}: file
/Library/Caches/com.apple.xbs/Sources/swiftlang/swiftlang-700.0.59/src/swift/stdlib/public/core/ErrorType.swift,
line 50
However, using NSSearchPathDirectory.DocumentDirectory did worked for me and worked expectedly. But in my application, I've feature to share/import through iTunes, so I have the "Application supports iTunes file sharing" TRUE in my info.plist - this exposed NSSearchPathDirectory.DocumentDirectory in iTunes. I don't want the files/folders that I'm saving through my app to be expose to the user in iTunes. Then where should I save the files/folders yet can able to use file sharing through iTunes by exposing NSSearchPathDirectory.DocumentDirectory?
I found the answer from this post is helpful:
Path directory usable in iOS
As far as I know only these are usable on iOS:
NSDocumentDirectory is Documents/ (persistent, backed up, may
be visible in iTunes) NSLibraryDirectory is Library/
(persistent, backed up, not visibe to the user) NSCachesDirectory is
Library/Caches/ (not backed up, may be cleared by system)
Now after I'm using NSSearchPathDirectory.LibraryDirectory the I'm having no NSFileManager error on device nor the directories/files I'm storing inside NSSearchPathDirectory.LibraryDirectory are exposed to the users in iTunes sharing tab.
Great!

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