This post is pieced together from these 3 sources:
So there’s basically 3 steps to do (BEFORE you change your xcdatamodel file):
1. Set the Persistent Store options for automatic migration:
Change your persistentStoreCoordinator creation to this (replace YOURDB):
- (NSPersistentStoreCoordinator *)persistentStoreCoordinator {
if (persistentStoreCoordinator != nil) {
return persistentStoreCoordinator;
}
NSURL *storeUrl = [NSURL fileURLWithPath: [[self applicationDocumentsDirectory] stringByAppendingPathComponent: @"YOURDB.sqlite"]];
// handle db upgrade
NSDictionary *options = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
[NSNumber numberWithBool:YES], NSMigratePersistentStoresAutomaticallyOption,
[NSNumber numberWithBool:YES], NSInferMappingModelAutomaticallyOption, nil];
NSError *error = nil;
persistentStoreCoordinator = [[NSPersistentStoreCoordinator alloc] initWithManagedObjectModel: [self managedObjectModel]];
if (![persistentStoreCoordinator addPersistentStoreWithType:NSSQLiteStoreType configuration:nil URL:storeUrl options:options error:&error]) {
// Handle error
}
return persistentStoreCoordinator;
}
2. Version your Data Model and Edit the new file
- Select your xcdatamodel file
- Design->Data Model->Add Model Version (expand your xcdatamodeld item)
- Select the “2″ (or later) file, Design->Data Model->Set Current Version (edit this version)
3. Specify the momd resource
Change your managedObjectModel implementation to this (replace YOURRESOURCENAME)…
- (NSManagedObjectModel *)managedObjectModel {
if (managedObjectModel != nil) {
return managedObjectModel;
}
NSString *path = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"YOURRESOURCENAME" ofType:@"momd"];
NSURL *momURL = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:path];
managedObjectModel = [[NSManagedObjectModel alloc] initWithContentsOfURL:momURL];
return managedObjectModel;
}
Build and run!
