Okay, I had asked a question earlier about how I could create my own directories within XCode so as to be able to search for specific files more efficiently. I re-imported my files, this time making sure to create folder references instead of flat groups. Everything looks good, and my files are neatly organized in blue folders.
Now I had thought this would mean the paths to the files within these folders would change, and I could search through the new, more specific paths (instead of having to search through the contents of the entire application bundle every time). But the path for every file in any folder is still identical to what it was earlier.
For example: a text file called “items.txt” is located within the “SupportingFiles” folder that I imported as a reference. I would expect the path to include “/SupportingFiles/items.txt”. But the path is logged as /Users/Mike/Library/Application Support/iPhone Simulator/5.1/Applications/(lots of numbers and text)/Adventurer BASE.app/items.txt.
Or “xxDefault.txt”, which is included in the “Defaults” folder, which itself is in the “SupportingFiles” folder. I would expect to see “SupportingFiles/Defaults/xxDefault.txt” or something like it. But again, the logged path ends in “Adventurer BASE.app/xxDefault.txt“
Every single file in any location has a path ending in “Adventurer BASE.app/(file name)“. Doesn’t matter if it’s on the simulator or an actual device. I thought importing the resources within folder references (blue folders) was supposed to do the trick, but evidently there’s something else to be done.
Clearly I am misundertanding XCode’s filing system. Any help figuring it out would be awesome, as I’m about to rip my hair out.
Sounds like a caching issue, my first idea would be to delete the build directory by holding down the alt key, access the Product menu and select Clean Build Folder… in Xcode.