Using both NSApplicationSupportDirectory and NSDocumentDirectory - pdf

Question

Here is the deal... I am creating an app (from another one of my apps) but I am altering to from using only the NSDocumentDirectory, which obviously allows the user to see all of the user files, to seeing only a few of the files... namely user created PDFs.
I have it working... but, nothing shows in the FileSharing/Documents window in iTunes.
First are the methods that invoke the NSApplicationSupportDirectory in the persistence model...
+(NSString *)getDocumentpath
{
//NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSApplicationSupportDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
return [paths objectAtIndex:0];
}
+(NSString *) documentsDirectoryPath
{
//NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSApplicationSupportDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
NSString *documentsDirectory = [paths objectAtIndex:0];
return documentsDirectory;
}
+(void) copyResourceFileToDocumentsDirectory: (NSString *) fileName
{
//NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSApplicationSupportDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
NSString *documentsDirectory = [paths objectAtIndex:0];
NSString *writablePath = [documentsDirectory stringByAppendingPathComponent:fileName];
NSFileManager * fileManager = [NSFileManager defaultManager];
BOOL succeeded = [fileManager fileExistsAtPath:writablePath];
NSError *error;
//If file is not in the documents directory then only write
if (!succeeded)
{
NSString *newPath = [[[NSBundle mainBundle] resourcePath] stringByAppendingPathComponent:fileName];
succeeded = [fileManager copyItemAtPath:newPath toPath:writablePath error:&error];
if (succeeded == FALSE) {
NSLog(#"%# : copy failed", fileName);
} else {
NSLog(#"%# : copy success", fileName);
}
} else {
NSLog(#"%# : already exists", fileName);
}
}
This is the method for saving the PDF into the NSDocumentDirectory, which has not been changed from the other app...
- (NSString*)saveJournalToPDF:(UIView*)journal andName:(NSString*)name
{
NSString* fileName = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#.pdf",name];
NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
NSString *documentsDirectory = [paths objectAtIndex:0];
NSString *writableDBPath = [documentsDirectory stringByAppendingPathComponent:fileName];
... // the rest of the data strings for creating the PDF
}
My question: how do I get ONLY the PDFs to be visible to the user without exposing the other data files? Right now, it seems that it is either all or nothing!

Answer 1

I neglected one small detail... setting the app to actually share files! The app's info.plist did not have "Application supports iTunes file sharing" set to YES. (UIFileSharingEnabled). Such a simple fix!!!