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Changes to ios writeToFile not saved

ios claims that the file was written, but the changes are never saved, as if they remained in the buffer. Do I need to flash or something else?

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
    [super viewDidLoad];

    NSString *myFilePath = [[NSBundle mainBundle]
                            pathForResource:@"MyFile"
                            ofType:@"txt"];

    NSLog(@"\n\nPath = \n%@", myFilePath);

    NSString *myFileContents = [NSString stringWithContentsOfFile:myFilePath
                                    encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding
                                    error:nil];


    NSLog(@"\n\nContents = \n%@", myFileContents);

    [@"This line will be written to file" writeToFile:myFilePath
        atomically:YES encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding error:nil];

    NSString *changedContents = [NSString stringWithContentsOfFile:myFilePath
                                    encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding
                                    error:nil];

    NSLog(@"\n\nChanged Contents = \n%@", changedContents);
}

Conclusion:

Path = 
/Users/hamzeh/Library/Application Support/iPhone Simulator/5.1/Applications/2B318687-A745-4CD9-85BA-52A01AB76F6E/savepersistentdata_tutorial.app/MyFile.txt

Contents = 
This is a text file.
The file will be displayed on the iPhone.
That is all for now. 

Changed Contents = 
This line will be written to file

This is the result that I get every time I run, so the changes are not actually written to the file.

Thanks for the help.

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You cannot edit files in your main bundle. First you must save the file in the folder with the application documents, and then make any changes.

Here is some code that might fix your problem:

First save the text in the created directory:

NSString *myFilePath = [[NSBundle mainBundle]
                            pathForResource:@"MyFile"
                            ofType:@"txt"];
NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSLibraryDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
NSString *directory = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@/Some_Directory", [paths objectAtIndex:0]];

// Check if the directory already exists
if (![[NSFileManager defaultManager] fileExistsAtPath:directory]) {
    // Directory does not exist so create it
    [[NSFileManager defaultManager] createDirectoryAtPath:directory withIntermediateDirectories:YES attributes:nil error:nil];
} 

NSData *data = [[NSData dataWithContentsOfFile:myFilePath] retain];

NSString *filePath = [[directory stringByAppendingPathComponent:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@", [myFilePath lastPathComponent]]] retain];



NSError *error = nil;
if (![data writeToFile:filePath options:NSDataWritingFileProtectionNone error:&error]) {
    [data writeToFile:filePath atomically:NO];
}
[data release];
[filePath release];
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Use option NO

[@"This line will be written to file" writeToFile:myFilePath atomically:NO encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding error:nil];

iOS docs says

(BOOL) useAuxiliaryFile
, , . , . YES , , , .

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You cannot write a file to the main package because the resource package is read-only. You can also check the return method writeToFile. Which returns false if you deploy it to the device.

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