Um, I working on a dictionary app and currently trying to add narration for each article. I have about 97000 AAC-files. They are tiny – about 3-5 kilobytes each, but there are so many of them! I don’t need SQL DB for access management because filenames are identical to the primary keys, so given the key I will be able to pick a proper sound file from disk and play it (I expect so).
The thing I worry about are issues related to huge number of files. I don’t really want to mess up with CoreData.
Will there be any problems if I just add all these files to the application bundle? Will Xcode be angry at me? Will iOS be OK with that?
If not what should I use then? How to handle huge (~100’000) number of files properly?
There is no restriction on the number of files that can be added to your application bundle.
It would be better for you if you can put the files on a folder(say audio) in the app bundle.