Can my app access the Notes (Apple app) folder in iOS?

Question

I'm writing an app that handles PDF files, and I want it to take the notes created by the Notes app then convert them to PDF then the app can work on that.

Is it possible for my app to access that folder containing the notes without jailbreaking the device?

(I would ask the same with the iBooks app file as well).

Answer 1

All applications are sandboxed so you can not access the Users notes that they created in the Notes Application. Apple provides no SDK methods which you can use without Jailbreaking and private methods.

A potential (but cumbersome) solution could be that Notes could be synced to a Users IMAP account. You could see if you could communicate with the IMAP Server by asking for the Login Credentials and then grabbing the Notes.