[TIMOB-17458] iOS: ApplicationSupportDirectory is not created when analytics are disabled

GitHub Issue	n/a
Type	Bug
Priority	Medium
Status	Closed
Resolution	Fixed
Resolution Date	2015-03-16T16:37:29.000+0000
Affected Version/s	n/a
Fix Version/s	Release 4.1.0
Components	iOS
Labels	n/a
Reporter	Ingo Muschenetz
Assignee	Pedro Enrique
Created	2014-08-06T00:10:30.000+0000
Updated	2017-03-23T22:26:28.000+0000

Description

Steps to reproduce:

Create a new Titanium application

Disable analytics is tiapp.xml

Attempt to write to the Ti.Filesystem.getApplicationSupportDirectory(). It will fail (as the directory does not exist).

Another way to confirm:

var self = Ti.Filesystem.getApplicationSupportDirectory();
console.log(self);
[INFO]  file:///Users/stephenfeather/Library/Application%20Support/iPhone%20Simulator/7.1/Applications/1E1EB9EC-2997-4FD2-8618-41E5EA522A54/Library/Application%20Support/

Immediate workaround is to create that folder manually, but it should be created automatically.

Comments

Ben Bahrenburg 2015-03-15

PR provided to create directory after boot in TiApp PR: https://github.com/appcelerator/titanium_mobile/pull/6729 Test : https://gist.github.com/benbahrenburg/9adb20ded6e2fe218a11

Pedro Enrique 2015-03-16

Test code:

   var dir = Ti.Filesystem.getApplicationSupportDirectory(); 
   console.log(dir); 
   var f = Titanium.Filesystem.getFile(Ti.Filesystem.applicationSupportDirectory);
   console.log('Directory Exists: '+ (f.exists() ? 'Yes' : 'No'));
   console.log('Needs to be yes to pass'));
    
   var testfile = Ti.Filesystem.getFile(Ti.Filesystem.applicationSupportDirectory, 'text.txt');
   if(testfile.exists()){
   	testfile.deleteFile();
   }
    
   testfile.write("text written via write()\n");
   console.log("Check file at:" + testfile.nativePath);
   console.log('content needs to be there to pass'));

Steps to verify 1. Create a new ti project 2. Before compiling turn off analytics 4. Create a new app and paste the code

Lee Morris 2017-03-23

Closing as fixed.

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