Document directory path of Xcode Device Simulator

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In iOS 7  the document directory of the iOS simulators can be found in    Users Sabo Library Application Support iPhone Simulator    However  in iOS 8 Beta Simulator  I can t find the corresponding directory for iOS 8 in the directory above   Where s the document directory path for the iOS 8 Simulator

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If you like to go into the app folders to see what's going on and don't want to have to go through labyrinthine UUDID's, I made this: https://github.com/kallewoof/plget

and using it, I made this: https://gist.github.com/kallewoof/de4899aabde564f62687

Basically, when I want to go to some app's folder, I do:

$ cd ~/iosapps
$ ./app.sh
$ ls -l
total 152
lrwxr-xr-x  1 me  staff    72 Nov 14 17:15 My App Beta-iOS-7-1_iPad-Retina.iapp -> iOS-7-1_iPad-Retina.dr/Applications/BD660795-9131-4A5A-9A5D-074459F6A4BF
lrwxr-xr-x  1 me  staff    72 Nov 14 17:15 Other App Beta-iOS-7-1_iPad-Retina.iapp -> iOS-7-1_iPad-Retina.dr/Applications/A74C9F8B-37E0-4D89-80F9-48A15599D404
lrwxr-xr-x  1 me  staff    72 Nov 14 17:15 My App-iOS-7-1_iPad-Retina.iapp -> iOS-7-1_iPad-Retina.dr/Applications/07BA5718-CF3B-42C7-B501-762E02F9756E
lrwxr-xr-x  1 me  staff    72 Nov 14 17:15 Other App-iOS-7-1_iPad-Retina.iapp -> iOS-7-1_iPad-Retina.dr/Applications/5A4642A4-B598-429F-ADC9-BB15D5CEE9B0
-rwxr-xr-x  1 me  staff  3282 Nov 14 17:04 app.sh
lrwxr-xr-x  1 me  staff   158 Nov 14 17:15 com.mycompany.app1-iOS-8-0_iPad-Retina.iapp -> /Users/me/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Devices/129FE671-F8D2-446D-9B69-DE56F1AC80B9/data/Containers/Data/Application/69F7E3EF-B450-4840-826D-3830E79C247A
lrwxr-xr-x  1 me  staff   158 Nov 14 17:15 com.mycompany.app1-iOS-8-1_iPad-Retina.iapp -> /Users/me/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Devices/414E8875-8875-4088-B17A-200202219A34/data/Containers/Data/Application/976D1E91-DA9E-4DA0-800D-52D1AE527AC6
lrwxr-xr-x  1 me  staff   158 Nov 14 17:15 com.mycompany.app1beta-iOS-8-0_iPad-Retina.iapp -> /Users/me/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Devices/129FE671-F8D2-446D-9B69-DE56F1AC80B9/data/Containers/Data/Application/473F8259-EE11-4417-B04E-6FBA7BF2ED05
lrwxr-xr-x  1 me  staff   158 Nov 14 17:15 com.mycompany.app1beta-iOS-8-1_iPad-Retina.iapp -> /Users/me/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Devices/414E8875-8875-4088-B17A-200202219A34/data/Containers/Data/Application/CB21C38E-B978-4B8F-99D1-EAC7F10BD894
lrwxr-xr-x  1 me  staff   158 Nov 14 17:15 com.mycompany.otherapp-iOS-8-1_iPad-Retina.iapp -> /Users/me/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Devices/414E8875-8875-4088-B17A-200202219A34/data/Containers/Data/Application/DE3FF8F1-303D-41FA-AD8D-43B22DDADCDE
lrwxr-xr-x  1 me  staff    51 Nov 14 17:15 iOS-7-1_iPad-Retina.dr -> simulator/4DC11775-F2B5-4447-98EB-FC5C1DB562AD/data
lrwxr-xr-x  1 me  staff    51 Nov 14 17:15 iOS-8-0_iPad-2.dr -> simulator/6FC02AE7-27B4-4DBF-92F1-CCFEBDCAC5EE/data
lrwxr-xr-x  1 me  staff    51 Nov 14 17:15 iOS-8-0_iPad-Retina.dr -> simulator/129FE671-F8D2-446D-9B69-DE56F1AC80B9/data
lrwxr-xr-x  1 me  staff    51 Nov 14 17:15 iOS-8-1_iPad-Retina.dr -> simulator/414E8875-8875-4088-B17A-200202219A34/data
lrwxr-xr-x  1 me  staff   158 Nov 14 17:15 org.cocoapods.demo.pajdeg-iOS-8-0_iPad-Retina.iapp -> /Users/me/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Devices/129FE671-F8D2-446D-9B69-DE56F1AC80B9/data/Containers/Data/Application/C3069623-D55D-462C-82E0-E896C942F7DE
lrwxr-xr-x  1 me  staff    51 Nov 14 17:15 simulator -> /Users/me/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Devices

The ./app.sh part syncs the links. It is necessary basically always nowadays as apps change UUID for every run in Xcode as of 6.0. Also, unfortunately, apps are by bundle id for 8.x and by app name for < 8.

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Based on Ankur s answer but for us Swift users   let urls   NSFileManager defaultManager   URLsForDirectory  DocumentDirectory  inDomains   UserDomainMask  println  Possible sqlite file    urls      Put it inside ViewDidLoad and it will print out immediately upon execution of the app

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For Swift 3 x  if let documentsPath   FileManager default urls for  documentDirectory  in   userDomainMask  first  path           print  Documents Directory      documentsPath

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Where is the Documents Directory for the iOS 8 Simulator  You may have noticed that the iPhone Simulator has changed with Xcode 6  and with it     of course     the path to your simulated apps    Documents Directory  At times we may need to take a look at it   Finding that path is not as easy as it was once  namely Library Application Support iPhone Simulator 7 1 Applications  followed by a cryptic number representing your app   As of Xcode 6 and iOS 8 you   ll find it here  Library Developer CoreSimulator Devices cryptic number data Containers Data Application cryptic number  http   pinkstone co uk where-is-the-documents-directory-for-the-ios-8-simulator

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NSLog below code somewhere in  AppDelegate   run your project and follow the path  This will be easy for you to get to the documents rather than searching randomly inside    Library Developer CoreSimulator Devices    Objective-C  NSLog          NSFileManager defaultManager  URLsForDirectory NSDocumentDirectory inDomains NSUserDomainMask  lastObject      Swift If you are using Swift 1 2  use the code below which will only output in development when using the Simulator because of the  if  endif block    if arch i386     arch x86 64    let documentsPath   NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains  DocumentDirectory   UserDomainMask  true  0  as  NSString   NSLog  Document Path       documentsPath   endif     Copy your path from   Users ankur Library Developer CoreSimulator Devices 7BA821     go to  Finder  and then  Go to Folder  or command   shift   g and paste your path  let the mac take you to your documents directory

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Despite the fact that here are many answers  none of them provides an understanding of how the folder structure of the iOS 8 3 simulators have changed and are not providing a quick way to find the App s Data  Documents folder       Since iOS 8 the Data storage folder s  of an App are separate from the App s executable files while the iOS 7 and below are having the same folder structure  the only difference being the fact that all the simulators  different types and versions  are now in one  big folder   So  the path to an iOS 8 7 6 simulator is the following     Library Developer CoreSimulator Devices   Every simulator is now contained in a folder named with an unique identifier which changes at every reset of a simulator   You can find the Identifier for each of your devices  amp  simulators by going to Xcode  gt  Window  gt  Devices  the first 3 or 4 characters of the identifier are more than enough to remember     To find the one on which you have installed your app s  on  take a look at your Run scheme  gt  devices  screen 2         Now  after you identify your simulator  depending on its version the folder structure is very different   On iOS 8 the executable and the data folder of an app are in different folders   Executable     Library Developer CoreSimulator Devices  simID  data Containers Bundle Application  appID   Data Folder    Library Developer CoreSimulator Devices  simID  data Containers Data Application  appID    Documents Folder    Library Developer CoreSimulator Devices  simID  data Containers Data Application  appID  Documents  On iOS 7 and below the folder structure is the same as before only remember that now every simulator is in the same folder  see above

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Try   Library Developer CoreSimulator Devices

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With iOS 9 2 and Xcode 7 2  the following script will open the Documents folder of the last installed application on the last used simulator   cd   Library Developer CoreSimulator Devices  cd  ls -t   head -n 1  data Containers Data Application  cd  ls -t   head -n 1  Documents open     To create an easy runnable script  put it in an Automator Application with  Run Shell Script

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I faced the same issue when I stored the full path using CoreData  When retrieving the full path  it return null because the document folder UUID is different every time the app restarts  Following is my resolution    Make sure storing only the relative path of the document   file in CoreData  E g  store  Files image jpg  instead of   Users yourname     Applications UUID Document Files image jpg   Use the following to retrieve the app document location          NSFileManager defaultManager  URLsForDirectory NSDocumentDirectory inDomains NSUserDomainMask  lastObject     Concatenate both  2 and  1 to get the full path of the document   file you want to retrieve       You can refer to Apple Developer Note    https   developer apple com library ios technotes tn2406  index html

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With the adoption of CoreSimulator in Xcode 6 0  the data directories are per-device rather than per-version   The data directory is   Library Developer CoreSimulator Devices  data where  can be determined from  xcrun simctl list   Note that you can safely delete   Library Application Support iPhone Simulator and   Library Logs iOS Simulator if you don t plan on needing to roll back to Xcode 5 x or earlier

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update  Xcode 11 5      Swift 5 2 if let documentsPath   FileManager default urls for   documentDirectory  in   userDomainMask  first  path       print documentsPath        quot var folder     documents n quot  copy the full path    Go to your Finder press command-shift-g  or Go  gt  Go to Folder    under the menu bar  and paste that full path  quot var folder     documents quot  there and press go

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iOS 11 if let documentsPath   NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains  documentDirectory                                                              userDomainMask                                                             true  first       debugPrint  quot documentsPath     documentsPath  quot

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The simulator directory has been moved with Xcode 6 beta to        Library Developer CoreSimulator   Browsing the directory to your app s Documents folder is a bit more arduous  e g      Library Developer CoreSimulator Devices 4D2D127A-7103-41B2-872B-2DB891B978A2 data Containers Data Application 0323215C-2B91-47F7-BE81-EB24B4DA7339 Documents MyApp sqlite

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in Appdelegate  put this code to see Document and Cache Dir    if TARGET IPHONE SIMULATOR     NSLog   Documents Directory          NSFileManager defaultManager  URLsForDirectory NSDocumentDirectory inDomains NSUserDomainMask  lastObject        NSArray  cachePathArray   NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains NSCachesDirectory  NSUserDomainMask  YES       NSString  cachePath    cachePathArray lastObject       NSLog   Cache Directory       cachePath    endif   on Log   Documents Directory   Users xxx Library Developer CoreSimulator Devices F90BBF76-C3F8-4040-9C1E-448FAE38FA5E data Containers Data Application 3F3F6E12-EDD4-4C46-BFC3-58EB64D4BCCB Documents   Cache Directory   Users xxx Library Developer CoreSimulator Devices F90BBF76-C3F8-4040-9C1E-448FAE38FA5E data Containers Data Application 3F3F6E12-EDD4-4C46-BFC3-58EB64D4BCCB Library Caches

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on my computer  the path is     Library Developer CoreSimulator Devices 1A8DF360-B0A6-4815-95F3-68A6AB0BCC78 data Container Data Application      NOTE  probably those long IDs  i e UDIDs  are different on your computer

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It is correct that we need to look into the path   Library Developer CoreSimulator Devices     But the issue I am seeing is that the path keeps changing every time I run the app  The path contains another set of long IDs after the Application string and that keeps changing every time I run the app  This basically means that my app will not have any cached data when it runs the next time

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The simulators are located under     Library Developer CoreSimulator   Here  they are listed as directories with UUID names  Use sort by  Date modified  to find the latest one  Inside navigate to    data Containers Data Application   Here you will get a list of all the applications on that device  You can again sort this to get the latest app   NOTE  Xcode changes the directory name every time you run the app  so don t rely on making alias short cuts on desktop   The easiest way is to use the app here  which does everything automatically

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Just write bellow code in AppDelegate -  didFinishLaunchingWithOptions Objective C   if TARGET IPHONE SIMULATOR     where are you   NSLog   Documents Directory          NSFileManager defaultManager  URLsForDirectory NSDocumentDirectory inDomains NSUserDomainMask  lastObject      endif     Swift 2 X  if let documentsPath   NSFileManager defaultManager   URLsForDirectory  DocumentDirectory  inDomains   UserDomainMask  first  path       print  Documents Directory      documentsPath         Swift 3 X   if arch i386     arch x86 64      if let documentsPath   FileManager default urls for   documentDirectory  in   userDomainMask  first  path           print  Documents Directory    documentsPath           endif   Swift 4 2   if targetEnvironment simulator      if let documentsPath   FileManager default urls for   documentDirectory  in   userDomainMask  first  path           print  Documents Directory    documentsPath           endif   Output  Users mitul marsonia Library Developer CoreSimulator Devices E701C1E9-FCED-4428-A36F-17B32D32918A data Containers Data Application 25174F64-7130-4B91-BC41-AC74257CCC6E Documents  Copy your path from   Users mitul marsonia Library Developer CoreSimulator Devices E701C1E9-FCED-4428-A36F-17B32D32918A     go to  Finder  and then  Go to Folder  or command   shift   g and paste your path  let the mac take you to your documents directory

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The best way to find the path is to do via code   Using Swift  just paste the code below inside the function application in your AppDelegate swift  let paths   NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains  DocumentDirectory   UserDomainMask  true  let documentsPath   paths first as String println documentsPath    For Obj-C code  look answer from  Ankur

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I recommend a nice utility app called SimPholders that makes it easy to find the files and folders while developing your iOS app   It has a new version to work with the new simulators called SimPholders2   It can be found at simpholders com

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If your app uses CoreData  a nifty trick is to search for the name of the sqlite file using terminal    find   -name my app db name sqlite   The results will list the full file paths to any simulators that have run your app   I really wish Apple would just add a button to the iOS Simulator file menu like  Reveal Documents folder in Finder

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