Move Document/Inbox file to another location - Xcode 7, Swift 2

Question

I have a file that is in my Documents/Inbox and is shown in my Print log:

File: file:///private/var/mobile/Containers/Data/Application/5388031B-48B5-48D6-8299-B3FEDC1D7F45/Documents/Inbox/Pizza-6.pdf

I looked here and saw a way to delete files, but I want to move them out of the Inbox folder to another folder I want to create. How would I do this? I can't find anything for iOS and Swift 2. Thank you.

"for Xcode 7"? Xcode is an IDE. Did you mean for iOS using Swift? Anyway I expect it will involve `NSFileManager`, so start with a search for "iOS move file" and "nsfilemanager move file". You'll then need to convert the solution from Objective-C to Swift yourself. — trojanfoe, Dec 23 '15 at 15:31
Thank you. I edited my information. I'm new to programming so trying to convert Objective-C to Swift is hard for me. I'll see what I can do. — ChallengerGuy, Dec 23 '15 at 15:42

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 30 '15 at 16:10

Here is what I ended up doing:

    // MOVING AND SAVING INCOMING PDF TO FILE MANAGER FROM INBOX

    let filemgr = NSFileManager.defaultManager()
    let docsDirURL = try! filemgr.URLForDirectory(.DocumentDirectory, inDomain: .UserDomainMask, appropriateForURL: nil, create: true)

    // Create a new folder in the directory named "Recipes"
    print("Creating new folder...")
    let documentsPath = NSURL(fileURLWithPath: NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(.DocumentDirectory, .UserDomainMask, true)[0])
    let newPath = documentsPath.URLByAppendingPathComponent("Recipes")
    do {
        try NSFileManager.defaultManager().createDirectoryAtPath(newPath.path!, withIntermediateDirectories: true, attributes: nil)
    } catch let error as NSError {
        NSLog("Unable to create directory \(error.debugDescription)")
    }

    // Then check if the Recipes directory exists. If not, create it
    let recipesURL = docsDirURL.URLByAppendingPathComponent("Recipes")
    if !filemgr.fileExistsAtPath(docsDirURL.path!) {
        do {
            try filemgr.createDirectoryAtURL(recipesURL, withIntermediateDirectories: true, attributes: nil)
            print("Directory created at: \(recipesURL)")
        } catch let error as NSError {
            NSLog("Unable to create directory \(error.debugDescription)")
            return
        }
    }

    // Move file from Inbox to Recipes Folder
    let incomingFileName = incomingFileTransfer.lastPathComponent!
    let startingURL = incomingFileTransfer
    let savePDFURL = recipesURL.URLByAppendingPathComponent(incomingFileName)

    if !filemgr.fileExistsAtPath(savePDFURL.path!) {
        do {
            try filemgr.moveItemAtURL(startingURL, toURL: savePDFURL)
        } catch let error as NSError {
            NSLog("Unable to move file \(error.debugDescription)")
        }
    }

Move Document/Inbox file to another location - Xcode 7, Swift 2

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