MXPersistentCache 0.1.0

You want to add pod 'MXPersistentCache', '~> 0.1' similar to the following to your Podfile:

target 'MyApp' do
  pod 'MXPersistentCache', '~> 0.1'
end

Then run a pod install inside your terminal, or from CocoaPods.app.

Alternatively to give it a test run, run the command:

pod try MXPersistentCache

MXPersistentCache 0.1.0

By
Manav Rathi
mx4492

MXPersistentCache is a minimalistic (key, file) store.

Background

NSFileManager does not provide a direct API for saving files on disk after associating them with a given key.

There exists a Caches directory for applications to save their "cache" files in, but it can be vaccumed by the OS without letting the app know.
The Caches directory is not backed up to iCloud.
The Application Support directory is never touched by the OS, but is backed up and therefore unsuitable for files whose lifetime we want to control.

There is a well known solution to this issue -- we need to store files in the Application Support directory, but set the "no-backup" bit on them. This pod manages that boilerplate for you.

Installation

pod 'MXPersistentCache'

Usage

MXPersistentCache *cache = [[MXPersistentCache alloc] initWithPrefix:@"media" extension:@"mp4"];
[cache persistFileForKey:@"key" withData:data];
NSURL *fileURL = [cache fileURLForKey:@"key"];