I don't want anything to be backed up to iCloud. However, my data cannot be recreated, so I need to place it in my application's documents directory. For each file, I did the standard:
- (BOOL)addSkipBackupAttributeToItemAtURL:(NSURL *)URL
{
if (&NSURLIsExcludedFromBackupKey == nil) { // iOS <= 5.0.1
const char* filePath = [[URL path] fileSystemRepresentation];
const char* attrName = "com.apple.MobileBackup";
u_int8_t attrValue = 1;
int result = setxattr(filePath, attrName, &attrValue, sizeof(attrValue), 0, 0);
return result == 0;
} else { // iOS >= 5.1
return [URL setResourceValue:[NSNumber numberWithBool:YES] forKey:NSURLIsExcludedFromBackupKey error:nil];
}
}
I have 5mB of data in there. But my app is still registering 0.2kB in iCloud (Through settings->iCLoud->Manage Storage). So, just to be sure, I did this:
-(void)resetBackupAttributes {
NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
NSString *documentsDirectory = [paths objectAtIndex:0];
NSArray *fileListAct = [[NSFileManager defaultManager] contentsOfDirectoryAtPath:documentsDirectory error:nil];
for (NSString *path in fileListAct) {
[self addSkipBackupAttributeToItemAtURL:[NSURL fileURLWithPath:path]];
}
NSArray *paths2 = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSCachesDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
NSString *cacheDirectory = [paths2 objectAtIndex:0];
NSArray *fileListCache = [[NSFileManager defaultManager] contentsOfDirectoryAtPath:cacheDirectory error:nil];
for (NSString *path in fileListCache) {
[self addSkipBackupAttributeToItemAtURL:[NSURL fileURLWithPath:path]];
}
NSArray *paths3 = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSPreferencePanesDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
NSString *preferencesDirectory = [paths3 objectAtIndex:0];
NSArray *fileListPref = [[NSFileManager defaultManager] contentsOfDirectoryAtPath:preferencesDirectory error:nil];
for (NSString *path in fileListPref) {
[self addSkipBackupAttributeToItemAtURL:[NSURL fileURLWithPath:path]];
}
}
It still has 0.2kB! Is there something I am missing? Does a small amount of data gets backed up regardless... like a directory tree or something? What I really want to know is, will this 0.2kB get me rejected for not following the data storage guidelines?