{"id":1758,"date":"2013-08-18T12:17:55","date_gmt":"2013-08-18T08:17:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.alwawee.ru\/?p=1758"},"modified":"2013-08-18T12:25:00","modified_gmt":"2013-08-18T08:25:00","slug":"check-if-folder-exists-and-create-it-if-it-doesnt-in-ios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.alwawee.ru\/?p=1758","title":{"rendered":"Check if folder exists and create it, if it doesn&#8217;t in iOS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is interesting and quite uncommon that to check weather a folder exists, you should create a bool reference and pass it to the method fileExistsAtPath. This is a sample getter for a folderPath property, that I created. It can be used in various projects. It creates a folder in Documents folder of your app. Change amp to &amp;.<\/p>\n<pre>- (NSString *)folderPath\r\n{\r\n    if (! _folderPath) {\r\n        NSString *folderName = @\"YourFolderName\";\r\n        NSArray *documentPaths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);\r\n        NSString *documentsDirectoryPath = [documentPaths objectAtIndex:0];\r\n        _folderPath = [documentsDirectoryPath stringByAppendingPathComponent:folderName];\r\n\r\n        \/\/ if folder doesn't exist, create it\r\n        NSError *error = nil;\r\n        NSFileManager *fileManager = [NSFileManager defaultManager];\r\n        BOOL isDir;\r\n        if (! 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