Getting CBL working whiles app is backgrounded (...fileProtection modes)

[Nick Pomfret]

I'm trying to get a react-native app working with background fetch and on push notifications - basically when its working in the background.

Here's the code: https://github.com/couchbaselabs/react-native-couchbase-lite/blob/master/ios/ReactCBLite.m#L34

I understand there's a need to adjust the file permissions (maybe to pass in here?).  But I'm no iOS programmer and so am a bit stuck.  Any advice?

[Jens Alfke]

On Sep 28, 2016, at 2:34 AM, Nick Pomfret <npom...@gmail.com> wrote:

I understand there's a need to adjust the file permissions (maybe to pass in here?).  But I'm no iOS programmer and so am a bit stuck.  Any advice?

You’ll need to initialize the Manager object like so, instead of using the sharedInstance:

    CBLManagerOptions options = {NO, NSDataWritingFileProtectionCompleteUntilFirstUserAuthentication};

    NSError* error;

    CBLManager *mgr = [[CBLManager alloc] initWithDirectory: [CBLManager defaultDirectory]

                                                    options: &_options error: &error];

This changes the file protection mode of the database files such that they can still be opened by the app after the device is locked.

—Jens

[Jens Alfke]

…and I forgot to note that ‘mgr’ needs to be either a static or global variable, or an instance variable of the app delegate. If it’s just a local variable, it will be released when that method exits, which I think would dealloc the Manager.

—Jens

[Nick Pomfret]

Thanks Jens. I owe you a beer!