Document Directory Path of iOS 8 Beta Simulator

Question

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?

Answer 1

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

Answer 2

Try ~/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Devices/

Answer 3

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 :)

Answer 4

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.

Answer 5

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.

Answer 6

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