Providing initial files in /Documents/ folder in an iOS app
directory, documents, image, ios
Solution
They have to go into your Resources bundle. You can then copy them into Documents on first launch. Yes, this means they take twice the space; if you can compress the ones in Resources effectively, I would.
An ideal answer is to have your loading routine be willing to look in both Documents and your Resources bundle and merge the results. I don't believe any built-in controllers will do this for you, however.
Problem
Strangely I can't find a lot of information on this. I am making an application that downloads images, they are downloaded and saved into my apps /Documents/ folder. To avoid an initial huge download I want to ship the app with ~100 images already "downloaded" into the folder. How can I do this?