Make UIDocument File Wrapper Appear as Single File
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I was recently working on an iOS document-based app that saves the document in a file wrapper. When I looked in the document browser, the document appeared as a folder instead of a single file. For Mac document types Xcode has a checkbox to select to make the document appear as a single file, but iOS document types do not have this checkbox. How do you make the document appear as a single file?
To make the document appear as a single file in the document browser, the document’s exported UTI must conform to the UTI com.apple.package
. In Xcode’s project editor, add com.apple.package
to the Conforms To text field for the exported UTI.

Rebuild your project. Any documents you save should appear as single files instead of folders.