Xcode 6 iPhone Simulator Application Support location

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In Xcode 6  I have an app I m using Core Data in  but there is no folder in Application Support for the iOS 8 iPhone Simulator  Where are my files and Core Data sqlite database being stored

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In Swift 4 or Swift 5 you can use NSHomeDirectory     The easiest way in Xcode 10  or Xcode 11  is to pause your app  like when it hits a breakpoint  and run this line in the debugger console   po NSHomeDirectory     po stands for print object and prints most things

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1    NSTemporaryDirectory   gives this        Users spokaneDude Library Developer CoreSimulator Devices 1EE69744-255A-45CD-88F1-63FEAD117B32 data Containers Data Application 199B1ACA-A80B-44BD-8E5E-DDF3DCF0D8D9 tmp   2  remove   tmp  replacing it with   Library Application Support  lt app name gt     -- gt  is where the  sqlite files reside

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Use Finder-- go to folder  and enter given basepath to reach application folders  NSArray  paths   NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains NSDocumentDirectory  NSUserDomainMask  YES   NSString  basePath     paths count   gt  0     paths objectAtIndex 0    nil   NSLog       basePath

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To know where your  sqlite file is stored in your AppDelegate m add the following code  -  NSURL   applicationDocumentsDirectory       NSLog          NSFileManager defaultManager  URLsForDirectory NSDocumentDirectory      inDomains NSUserDomainMask  lastObject         return    NSFileManager defaultManager  URLsForDirectory NSDocumentDirectory     inDomains NSUserDomainMask  lastObject        now call this method in AppDelegate m  -  BOOL application  UIApplication   application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions  NSDictionary   launchOptions        call here     self applicationDocumentsDirectory

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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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I created this script that will zip the latest app built for any simulator and zip it to the desktop   https   gist github com Gerst20051 8ca49d5afbf09007b3696fab6e9f425c     bin bash  DESTINATION DIR   HOME Desktop  APP PATH   find   Library Developer CoreSimulator Devices   data Containers Bundle Application     app -type d -maxdepth 0 -print0   xargs -0 ls -td   head -n1  APP DIRNAME   dirname   APP PATH   APP BASENAME   basename   APP PATH   FILE NAME    APP BASENAME       cd   APP DIRNAME  zip -qr   DESTINATION DIR  FILE NAME zip    APP BASENAME

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I wrestled with this for some time  It became a huge pain to simply get to my local sqlite db  I wrote this script and made it a code snippet inside XCode  I place it inside my appDidFinishLaunching inside my appDelegate      xcode 6 moves the documents dir every time  haven t found out why yet         if DEBUG            NSLog   caching documents dir for xcode 6        NSBundle mainBundle               NSString  toFile     XCodePaths lastBuild txt   NSError  err   nil              DOCS DIR writeToFile toFile atomically YES encoding NSUTF8StringEncoding error  err              if err               NSLog         err localizedDescription              NSString  appName     NSBundle mainBundle  objectForInfoDictionaryKey   CFBundleName                 NSString  aliasPath    NSString stringWithFormat   XCodePaths      appName              remove  aliasPath UTF8String                 NSFileManager defaultManager  createSymbolicLinkAtPath aliasPath withDestinationPath DOCS DIR error nil           endif    This creates a simlink at the root of your drive   You might have to create this folder yourself the first time  and chmod it  or you can change the location to some other place  Then I installed the xcodeway plugin https   github com onmyway133 XcodeWay  I modified it a bit so that it will allow me to simply press cmd d and it will open a finder winder to my current application s persistent Documents directory  This way  not matter how many times XCode changes your path  it only changes on run  and it updates your simlink immediately on each run    I hope this is useful for others

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Here is the sh for last used simulator and application  Just run sh and copy printed text and paste and run command for show in finder       bin zsh  lastUsedSimulatorAndApplication  ls -td --   Library Developer CoreSimulator Devices   data Containers Data Application      head -n1   echo  lastUsedSimulatorAndApplication

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I would suggest that you use SimPholders to find your Simulator files   It is a menu bar item that tracks your simulator apps and lets you go directly to their folders and content   It s awesome

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I found SimulatorManager application very useful  It takes you directly to the application folder of installed simulators  I have tried with 7 1  8 0 and 8 1 simulators   SimulatorManager resides as an icon in the system tray and provides an option to  Launch At Login       Note  This works only with Xcode 6  6 1 1 in my case  and above   Hope that helps

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The simulator puts the file in   Library Developer CoreSimulator Devices     but the path after  Devices is different for everyone    Use this handy method  It returns the path of the temporary directory for the current user and takes no argument   NSString   NSTemporaryDirectory   void      So in my ViewController class I usually put this line in my viewDidLoad just for a reference when I need to grab my CoreData stored file  Hope this helps      NSLog   FILE PATH       NSTemporaryDirectory        Note  to go to the path  from the finder menu click on Go and type   Library to open hidden directory then in the Finder Window you can click on the path shown on your console

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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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This worked for me in swift   let dirPaths   NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains  DocumentDirectory   UserDomainMask  true  println  App Path    dirPaths

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Open finder Library Developer CoreSimulator Devices  Then Change Arrangement icon from finder select Date Added  Select your app  data Container data Applications   choose your app  Documents Here is your db file  In my case    Users pluto Library Developer CoreSimulator Devices A75107D2-A535-415A-865D-978B2555370B data Containers Data Application 265A12BC-FF5B-4235-B5EF-6022B83754B4 Documents dboPhotoBucket sqlite   Otherwise do this    NSLog   app dir         NSFileManager defaultManager  URLsForDirectory NSDocumentDirectory inDomains NSUserDomainMask  lastObject       - It will print the full path to data folder    Swift   let dirPaths   NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains  DocumentDirectory   UserDomainMask  true  println  App Path    dirPaths

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With Swift 4  you can use the code below to get your app s home directory  Your app s document directory is in there  print NSHomeDirectory     I think you already know that your app s home directory is changeable  so if you don t want to add additional code to your codebase  SimPholder is a nice tool for you   And further more  you may wonder is there a tool  that can help you save time from closing and reopening same SQLite database every time after your app s home directory be changed  And the answer is yes  a tool I know is SQLiteFlow  From it s document  it says that   Handle database file name or directory changes  This makes SQLiteFlow can work friendly with your SQLite database in iOS simulator

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This location has  once again  changed  if using Swift  use this to find out where the folder is  this is copied from the AppDelegate swift file that Apple creates for you so if it doesn t work on your machine  search in that file for the right syntax  this works on mine using Xcode 6 1 and iOS 8 simulator    let urls   NSFileManager defaultManager   URLsForDirectory  DocumentDirectory  inDomains   UserDomainMask  println  Possible sqlite file    urls

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