AFNetworking downloadTaskWithRequest:progress:destination:completionHandler: not writing file to the path

Question

I am trying to download a file using AFNetworking (2.5.4). The download completes, the completion handler is called, with error set to nil, everything seeming fine, but the destination file does not exist:

AFHTTPSessionManager *manager = [AFHTTPSessionManager manager];
NSString *fullPath = [valid path from my apps local manager]
NSURLSessionDownloadTask *downloadTask = [manager downloadTaskWithRequest:req progress:nil destination:^NSURL *(NSURL *targetPath, NSURLResponse *response) {
    return [NSURL URLWithString:fullPath];
} completionHandler:^(NSURLResponse *response, NSURL *filePath, NSError *error) {
    NSLog(@"Saved file to %@.", filePath);
    *** [[NSFileManager defaultManager] fileExistsAtPath:filePath.absoluteString] returns NO here ***
}];
[cell.progressView setProgressWithDownloadProgressOfTask:downloadTask animated:YES];
[downloadTask resume];

The file path is a regular path that my app has write access to:

/var/mobile/Containers/Data/Application/APP-GUID-REDACTED/Documents/FILE-NAME-REDACTED.docx

I was using a different method before AFNetworking, and it could write to the exact same path just fine. HTTP response headers show everything perfectly (status 200, correct content length etc.) and if I curl the download URL it downloads the file with no issues. There's no problem with the file.

Why is my destination file not written in completion handler despite no errors?

UPDATE: I've also tried AFHTTPSessionManager *manager = [[AFHTTPSessionManager alloc] initWithSessionConfiguration:[NSURLSessionConfiguration defaultSessionConfiguration]]; but it changes nothing. I've also tried creating an NSProgress pointer and sending that for the progress argument, but no avail.

Answer 1

Use [NSURL fileURLWithPath:] (not URLWithString).

return [NSURL fileURLWithPath:fullPath];

Answer 2

The problem here is wrong file path or invalid file path. I had same problem here.

Create path like given below :

NSURL *documentsDirectoryURL = [[NSFileManager defaultManager] URLForDirectory:NSDocumentDirectory inDomain:NSUserDomainMask appropriateForURL:nil create:NO error:nil];
NSURL *filePathURL = [documentsDirectoryURL URLByAppendingPathComponent:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"your file name here",i]];

Now use above path :

NSURLSessionDownloadTask *downloadTask = [manager downloadTaskWithRequest:req progress:nil destination:^NSURL *(NSURL *targetPath, NSURLResponse *response) {
    return filePathURL;
}