Re: Sandboxed app & record-level indexing of Core Data in Spotlight (not working)
Re: Sandboxed app & record-level indexing of Core Data in Spotlight (not working)
- Subject: Re: Sandboxed app & record-level indexing of Core Data in Spotlight (not working)
- From: Vincent CARLIER <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 14 May 2013 13:00:48 +0200
Date: Tue, 14 May 2013 12:07:02 +0200
> From: Giacomo Tufano <email@hidden>
> To: email@hidden
> Subject: Sandboxed app & record-level indexing of Core Data in
> Spotlight (not working)
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> I'm trying to create a spotlight importer for a core data application,
> using the "record level indexing" as descripted in the Core Data Spotlight
> Integration Programming Guide.
>
> I have a working .mdimporter that works correctly if I copy the importer
> in /Library/Spotlight (it will index and spotlight find the documents).
> The problem is that the "embedded" importer in the application (I started
> with the Xcode template for "use core data" and "create importer" is never
> called by the system. I checked that the .mdimporter is in the app bundle
> inside the Contents/Resources/APPNAMEImported.mdimporter directory.
> I'm planning to use MAS, so I *think* I cannot move anything in
> /Library/Spotlight.
>
> I religiously read the guide many times (and especially the
> "troubleshooting" section) but, you know, the more you read, the same it
> seems. :) Any hint on "what to look for" will be appreciated, I'm out of
> ideas.
>
> I strongly suspect that the problem is related to the sandboxing of the
> app, because the Guide seems to not consider sandbox. For example, I had to
> find by trial and error that the the NSExternalRecordsDirectoryOption for
> the persistent store is a tricky one for sandboxed app, at the end I use
> NSLibraryDirectory/CoreData/LocalConfig/ but the runtime raised exception
> for almost any other one, included the recommended (by the exception in
> itself) ~/Library/Caches/Metadata/CoreData (sandbox error) or
> NSCacheDirectory/Metadata/CoreData (error 'should be
> ~/Library/Caches/Metadata/CoreData').
>
> If some code is needed to troubleshoot, just ask (I really have no idea of
> what could be useful and not simply noise).
>
> Thank you in advance,
> gt
>
>
Hi gt,
If your importer is bundled into your app, it should be in :
Appname.app/Contents/Library/Spotlight
Vince.
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