Ultimate Catalyst Guide

For these actions, you can use the UIDocumentPickerViewController or UIDocumentBrowserViewController controllers. Here is a quick example of using a UIDocumentPickerViewController to allow the user to export JSON data to disk.

Note, in order for this to work, you need to have the "User Selected File" permission in the macOS sandbox set to Read or Read/Write depending on your use case.

func exportJSONData(_ data: Data) {

    let filename = \"Export.json\"



    // Get a path in our document directory to temporarily store the data in

    guard let exportURL = FileManager.default

            .urls(for: .documentDirectory, in: .userDomainMask)

            .first?.appendingPathComponent(filename) else { return }



    // Write the data out into the file

    try? data.write(to: exportURL)



    // Present the save controller. We've set it to `exportToService` in order

    // to export the data

    let controller = UIDocumentPickerViewController(url: filePath, in: UIDocumentPickerMode.exportToService)

    present(controller, animated: true) {

        // Once we're done, delete the temporary file

        try? FileManager.default.removeItem(at: filePath)

    }

}

Similarly, for importing data, you would use .import as in:

let controller = UIDocumentPickerViewController(url: filePath, in: .import)