Sqlstorage backup flags

Ionic Framework ionic-v3
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Hi all, I’m hoping someone can shed any light on how backupFlag option for the sqlStorage works and what this means for the user, the documentation is a little light:

http://ionicframework.com/docs/v2/api/platform/storage/SqlStorage/

From the documentation it sounds like there are 3 options:

  • BACKUP_LOCAL > suggests data is not stored in the iCloud (but perhaps as part of someones device backup?)
  • BACKUP_LIBRARY & BACKUP_DOCUMENTS > no idea!?

My question is, I would like the app to store data in the end users iCloud so if a device is wiped/lost they can recover the app data - is that possible, what’s the different in the options available?

It would also be great if storing in the iCloud would allow data to be synced across devices but I don’t know if it’s that simple or if some kind of sync/diff of the db is required.

Any pointers on this would be great… it’s not super critical but for anyone who has lost/restored their phone in the past, having an app do this is really handy.

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The Cordova SQLite plugin README has some more detail. The way I read it, what you “would like the app to do” is explicitly prohibited by Apple’s guidelines (although I have no idea whether the App Store would reject simply based on this).

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Thanks @rapropos. That was the impression I got when reading about Apple locking down iCloud backups. I guess the three options provided through the backupFlag are simply so you can change the location but make no difference in terms of iCloud storage?

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I don’t think I can describe it better than the plugin docs do, but the way I read it, BACKUP_DOCUMENTS would go to iCloud (and presumably incur Apple’s wrath).

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I’m hoping that the app data will be backed up on the iCloud as part of the device backup (when I look at my device backup on the iCloud, a lot of apps are listed there - need to try doing a restore from backup to be sure). Otherwise, surely Apple hasn’t made it impossible to backup an apps data in some form.

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I’m not comfortable speaking for Apple, but there doesn’t seem to be a whole lot of room for interpretation in “a SQLite database’s store file must never be stored in iCloud”.

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haha no, I think they make it quite clear :slight_smile: thanks for your thoughts though! It’s good to know someone else interprets it the same as myself - in short not much you can do to save the user from loosing their data unless it’s saved as part of the actual device backup (one for me to test I guess).