Create a folder inside documents folder in iOS apps

I just want to create new folders in the documents folder of my iPhone app.

Does anybody know how to do that?

Appreciate your help!

I do that the following way:

NSError *error;
NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES); 
NSString *documentsDirectory = [paths objectAtIndex:0]; // Get documents folder
NSString *dataPath = [documentsDirectory stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"/MyFolder"];
 
if (![[NSFileManager defaultManager] fileExistsAtPath:dataPath])
    [[NSFileManager defaultManager] createDirectoryAtPath:dataPath withIntermediateDirectories:NO attributes:nil error:&error]; //Create folder

I don't have enough reputation to comment on Manni's answer, but [paths objectAtIndex:0] is the standard way of getting the application's Documents Directory

http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/iPhone/Conceptual/iPhoneOSProgrammingGuide/StandardBehaviors/StandardBehaviors.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40007072-CH4-SW6

> Because the > NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains > function was designed originally for > Mac OS X, where there could be more > than one of each of these directories, > it returns an array of paths rather > than a single path. In iOS, the > resulting array should contain the > single path to the directory. Listing > 3-1 shows a typical use of this > function. > > Listing 3-1 Getting the path to the > application’s Documents directory >

NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
NSString *documentsDirectory = [paths objectAtIndex:0];

Swift 3 Solution:

private func createImagesFolder() {
        // path to documents directory
        let documentDirectoryPath = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(.documentDirectory, .userDomainMask, true).first
        if let documentDirectoryPath = documentDirectoryPath {
            // create the custom folder path
            let imagesDirectoryPath = documentDirectoryPath.appending("/images")
            let fileManager = FileManager.default
            if !fileManager.fileExists(atPath: imagesDirectoryPath) {
                do {
                    try fileManager.createDirectory(atPath: imagesDirectoryPath,
                                                    withIntermediateDirectories: false,
                                                    attributes: nil)
                } catch {
                    print("Error creating images folder in documents dir: \(error)")
                }
            }
        }
    }

I don't like "[paths objectAtIndex:0]" because if Apple adds a new folder starting with "A", "B" oder "C", the "Documents"-folder isn't the first folder in the directory.

Better:

NSString *dataPath = [NSHomeDirectory() stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"Documents/MyFolder"];
if (![[NSFileManager defaultManager] fileExistsAtPath:dataPath])
    [[NSFileManager defaultManager] createDirectoryAtPath:dataPath withIntermediateDirectories:NO attributes:nil error:&error]; //Create folder

The Swift 2 solution:

let documentDirectoryPath: String = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(.DocumentDirectory, .UserDomainMask, true).first!
if !NSFileManager.defaultManager().fileExistsAtPath(documentDirectoryPath) {
        do {
            try NSFileManager.defaultManager().createDirectoryAtPath(documentDirectoryPath, withIntermediateDirectories: false, attributes: nil)
        
        } catch let createDirectoryError as NSError {
            print("Error with creating directory at path: \(createDirectoryError.localizedDescription)")
        }
        
    }

This works fine for me,

NSFileManager *fm = [NSFileManager defaultManager];
NSArray *appSupportDir = [fm URLsForDirectory:NSDocumentsDirectory inDomains:NSUserDomainMask];
NSURL* dirPath = [[appSupportDir objectAtIndex:0] URLByAppendingPathComponent:@"YourFolderName"];

NSError*    theError = nil; //error setting
if (![fm createDirectoryAtURL:dirPath withIntermediateDirectories:YES
                           attributes:nil error:&theError])
{
   NSLog(@"not created");
}

Swift 4.0

let paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(.documentDirectory, .userDomainMask, true)
// Get documents folder
let documentsDirectory: String = paths.first ?? ""
// Get your folder path
let dataPath = documentsDirectory + "/yourFolderName"
if !FileManager.default.fileExists(atPath: dataPath) {
    // Creates that folder if not exists
    try? FileManager.default.createDirectory(atPath: dataPath, withIntermediateDirectories: false, attributes: nil)
}

Following code may help in creating directory :

-(void) createDirectory : (NSString *) dirName {

NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
NSString *documentsDirectory = [paths objectAtIndex:0]; // Fetch path for document directory
dataPath = (NSMutableString *)[documentsDirectory stringByAppendingPathComponent:dirName];

NSError *error;

if (![[NSFileManager defaultManager] createDirectoryAtPath:dataPath withIntermediateDirectories:NO attributes:nil error:&error]) {
    NSLog(@"Couldn't create directory error: %@", error);
}
else {
    NSLog(@"directory created!");
}

NSLog(@"dataPath : %@ ",dataPath); // Path of folder created

}

Usage :

[self createDirectory:@"MyFolder"];

Result :

directory created!

dataPath : /var/mobile/Applications/BD4B5566-1F11-4723-B54C-F1D0B23CBC/Documents/MyFolder

Swift 1.2 and iOS 8

Create custom directory (name = "MyCustomData") inside the documents directory but only if the directory does not exist.

// path to documents directory
let documentDirectoryPath = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(.DocumentDirectory, .UserDomainMask, true).first as! String

// create the custom folder path
let myCustomDataDirectoryPath = documentDirectoryPath.stringByAppendingPathComponent("/MyCustomData")

// check if directory does not exist
if NSFileManager.defaultManager().fileExistsAtPath(myCustomDataDirectoryPath) == false {
    
    // create the directory
    var createDirectoryError: NSError? = nil
    NSFileManager.defaultManager().createDirectoryAtPath(myCustomDataDirectoryPath, withIntermediateDirectories: false, attributes: nil, error: &createDirectoryError)
    
    // handle the error, you may call an exception
    if createDirectoryError != nil {
        println("Handle directory creation error...")
    }
    
}