Re: Sandoxing: Creating a security-scoped bookmark for contents of a user-specified directory.
Re: Sandoxing: Creating a security-scoped bookmark for contents of a user-specified directory.
- Subject: Re: Sandoxing: Creating a security-scoped bookmark for contents of a user-specified directory.
- From: Mike Abdullah <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2012 15:29:43 -0700
Is your app codesigned? Security-scoped bookmarks require it to be codesigned.
On 13 Jun 2012, at 12:14, douglas welton wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> My application allows the user to navigate to a directory and read a collection of image files. Once read, the user can arbitrarily keep any subset of the acquired images.
>
> Currently (un-sandboxed), I use NSFileManager to get the URLs for the files in the directory. I store the returned URLs in my document data. When I sandbox this app, using the stored URLs can be a no-op (unless they are in an entitlement-friendly location: e.g., the Pictures folder).
>
> I have tried creating security-scoped bookmarks before storing the individual URLs. However, when I do this, I get a nil bookmark and the message "XPC couldn't look up the Mach service for scoped bookmarks agent" is posted to the console.
>
> In order to play in the sandbox, I need a persistent security-scoped solution for URLs derived from a user-selected URL.
>
> From what I read in the App Sandbox Design guide, this is not possible. Am I correct? Can anyone else who's run into this situation give me a pointer/hint/suggestion about a work around?
>
> curiously,
>
> douglas
>
>
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