Are plists in var/mobile/Application/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/Documents/xxxxx.plist saved during app updates?

Question

As the question states, I want to know if the plist files in this directory :

var/mobile/Applications/XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX/Documents/sample.plist

is saved when an update is released. From this documentation

It seems that it does get moved when an update is installed. But I still wanted to confirm the same from you guys! (So that I can avoid NSUserDefaults for maintaining 2 int values)

Answer 1

Yes, files in your app's sandbox are kept during an update. Though it is possible that files in the Library/Caches folder could be purged.

Keep in mind that the value for XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX will change during an update.

If you are keeping a reference to a file, be sure you only store a relative reference and not an absolute reference.

For example, if you know you are storing files in the Documents folder, just keep a reference relative to the Documents folder. At runtime you can get the path to the Documents folder and then append your relative path.