After a nail biting week finally got the dreaded rejected email after submitting my first app. See screen shot of the 2.23 reason - http://milez.me/files/app_reject.png The app just runs with the image menu, image slideshow, map, splash then just contains some custom html screens with some html including images. I've had a search through the forum for this error and found this to be the only thread of help. https://www.buzztouch.com/forum/thread.php?tid=4C2C447152148DE3BF551DA If I search for NSDocumentDirectory I can find 7 occurrences of this in BT_fileManager.m but no mention of NSCachesDirectory. So i'm wondering if the issue has been rolled back or slipped back in again? (Its a recently created app and freshly downloaded src) I can of course try changing the mentions of NSDocumentDirectory to NSCachesDirectory and re-submit but wanted to double check first. Any help or advice would be appreciated, thanks.

Hi, This is a v2.0 app?

I've never run into this issue, nor seen it! Did you load any files into Xcode, or modify any source code? If you haven't modified any source, a re-download of the source can't hurt except the dreaded 2 week review delay :(

Yes v2 app freshly downloaded no source mods. Can anyone else verify if you have NSDocumentDirectory or NSCachesDirectory in your BT_fileManager.m file? I will check source of another app ive started. I ran some tests last night using NSCachesDirectory instead and checked usuage under icloud storage for the app and it looked alot lower, only 0.4kb where as before it was over 3mb.

Checked source from a fresh download of another app and that also uses NSDocumentDirectory instead of NSCachesDirectory in BT_fileManager.m Can anyone else check their source code to see if this is the same for them? It seems at least for me the issue mentioned here which was changed - https://www.buzztouch.com/forum/thread.php?tid=4C2C447152148DE3BF551DA has slipped back in. @David are you able to check/confirm this please?

Just to confirm App now approved after the find/replace of NSDocumentDirectory with NSCachesDirectory in BT_fileManager.m

Just had an app rejected for the same reason - did what you said and re-submitted. Thanks for the info!

Hi guys. We've gone back and forth on this for awhile. We've seen so many iterations on "the idea" from Apple it's maddening! LOL. In some cases they gripe when the NSCachesDirectory is used. In other cases they gripe with the NSDocumentDirectory is used. The idea is that when screen's save data for offline use they need to put it somewhere. That somewhere is either the NSDocumentDirectory or the NSCachesDirectory directory. All of these operations are handled by the BT_fileManager.m file. BT_Core > BT_fileManager.m This is good because it allows you (or us) to easily change where data is saved. If you look at this file today (assuming you downloaded your project recently) you'll see it's using NSDocumentDirectory in a few different places. Changing it to use the NSCachesDirectory is a matter of replacing all occurrences of NSDocumentDirectory with NSCachesDirectory in the BT_fileManager.m file. In thinking about this again, it would make sense that projects would have a setting like: "Save Location" or something so you could easily change it if so needed? I'll see if I can create that logic. The other idea here, since the introduction of iCloud is the concept of telling the app to "exclude data from backup." This may be the best solution and seems to be what Apple prefers. There's really no reason any of the data your app's are saving for offline use should be backed up...right? I'll look into that too.

Thanks David:)

Thanks David, I didn't realise it was an issue the other way round, there's no pleasing apple. Having an option like Save Location would be great or even exclude from backup would be even better.

Ok, two files on the download server have been updated. BT_fileManager.h and .m. Feel free to re-fetch your project and replace only these two files? --The "save to location" is identified at the top of the .m file. Changing it there will change the location of where all the cached data gets saved. --When a file is saved, it is marked as "do not backup" per the newly established iCould guidelines. What a pain! LOL

Thanks David, super quick change there, great help as always. Will use in my next app submission which is almost ready now.

so will the NSDocumentDirectory/NSCachesDirectory switcheroo satisfy the reviewer who rejected my app or should I reject that binary and do this instead?

Hi Absentia,I believe you are ok with the changes you made. Seems to be working for others. Happy Holiday!