如何将文件备份到 iCloud 但未显示在 iCloud Drive 中？

Question

I'm backup my database realm file to iCloud by using FileManage methods. Everything works fine, but there's a trick I want to achieve is:

The file should be backup by iCloud, but NOT shown in iCloud Drive.

For example, GoodNotes 5, we can open the iCloud in settings, verify it's truly backup in iCloud Storage, and the GoodNots 5 App File is not shown in iCloud Drive.

Below is my code that implement iCloud backup, but the App File ama will be shown in iCloud Drive:

private func retrieveLocalRealmURL() -> URL {
    let urls = FileManager.default.urls(for: .documentDirectory, in: .userDomainMask)
    let documentaryDirectory = urls[0]
    let realmURL = documentaryDirectory.appendingPathComponent("ama.realm");
    
    return realmURL
}

private func backupRealmToiCloudDrive() {
    let backgroundQueue = DispatchQueue.global(qos: .background)
    
    backgroundQueue.async {
        guard
            let ubiquityURL = FileManager.default.url(forUbiquityContainerIdentifier: nil)
        else {
            return
        }
            
        let iCloudDriveURL = ubiquityURL.appendingPathComponent("Documents")
        let iCloudRealmURL = iCloudDriveURL.appendingPathComponent("ama.realm")
        
        let fileExists = FileManager.default.fileExists(atPath: iCloudDriveURL.path, isDirectory: nil)
        
        func copy() {
            let localRealmURL = self.retrieveLocalRealmURL()
            
            do {
                try FileManager.default.copyItem(at: localRealmURL, to: iCloudRealmURL)
            } catch {
                printLog(error.localizedDescription)
            }
        }
        
        if fileExists {
            self.deleteExistedFile(iCloudRealmURL)
            copy()
        } else {
            do {
                try FileManager.default.createDirectory(at: iCloudDriveURL, withIntermediateDirectories: true, attributes: nil)
                copy()
            } catch {
                printLog(error.localizedDescription)
            }
        }
    }
}

private func deleteExistedFile(_ url: URL) {
    let fileCoordinator = NSFileCoordinator(filePresenter: nil)
    
    fileCoordinator.coordinate(writingItemAt: url, options: .forDeleting, error: nil) { deleteURL in
        do {
            let fileExists = FileManager.default.fileExists(atPath: deleteURL.path, isDirectory: nil)
            
            if fileExists {
                try FileManager.default.removeItem(at: deleteURL)
            }
        } catch {
            printLog(error.localizedDescription)
        }
    }
}

Answer 1

After many tests, to avoid backup file to iCloud Drive, but in iCloud container, you can just simply remove the 'Documents' path, but using file path directly, like below:

let ubiquityURL = FileManager.default.url(forUbiquityContainerIdentifier: "identifier.abcdefg")

let iCloudDriveURL = ubiquityURL.appendingPathComponent("Documents") //remove this line
let iCloudRealmURL = iCloudDriveURL.appendingPathComponent("ama.realm")

change to:

let iCloudRealmURL = ubiquityURL.appendingPathComponent("ama.realm") //appending to ubiquityURL directly

In this case, the backup file will be stored in iCloud container, but not shown in the user's iCloud Drive.