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save(to:for:completionHandler:)

Saves document data to the specified location in the application sandbox.

Declaration

func save(to url: URL, for saveOperation: UIDocument.SaveOperation, completionHandler: (@Sendable (Bool) -> Void)? = nil)
func save(to url: URL, for saveOperation: UIDocument.SaveOperation) async -> Bool

Parameters

  • url:

    The file URL identifying the location in the application sandbox to write the document data to. Typically, this is the URL obtained from the Fileurl property.

  • saveOperation:

    A constant that indicates whether the document file is being written the first time or whether it is being overwritten. See Saveoperation for details.

  • completionHandler:

    A block with code that is executed when the save operation concludes. The block returns no value and has one parameter:

    success

    True if the save operation succeeds, otherwise False.

    This block is invoked on the calling queue.

Discussion

The default implementation of this method first calls the contents(forType:) method synchronously on the calling queue to get the document data to save. Then it calls the writeContents(_:andAttributes:safelyTo:for:) method on a background queue to perform the actual writing of the data to disk.

If you override this method, it’s recommended that you first call the superclass implementation of the method (super). If you do not call super, you must do two things:

See Also

Writing document data