Question

I’m solving an iPad app architecture for a client and I’ve come to these conclusions:

• I will develop a simple, locally run CMS where the client can edit content
• The client can from this CMS export the content to a SQLite DB file
• I will develop an iPad application that reads and presents this SQLite DB
• The client must be able to update the SQLite database file
• The iPad application must not be dependent on an internet connection

My question is really, can my client copy this DB file from his/her laptop (Mac if needed) via iTunes, so that the iPad application gets an updated SQLite database?

I’ll probably use Monotouch for development, but that shouldn’t make a difference. This is strictly an iPad app, but I’ve included iPhone as a tag since they consociate in many aspects.

Answer 1

If you enable the UIFileSharingEnabled property in the apps Info.plist then the Documents folder becomes available when you connect the iPad to iTunes. You can copy files to/from the device this way.