Document folder iOS Simulator

Question

How is possible to find quickly the document folder (in the mac) of an App when I'm using the simulator? When I need to explore the document folder during the simulation of the App now I use a variable of the App to find the document folder path and I read the path during the debug (using a variable) but I think is not the best solution.

Kaciekacy

Try the SimulatorManager. It's a Mac app that display an icon in the task bar with all simulator devices in the menu and allow you to browse apps document sandbox installed on each simulator. http://tue-savvy.github.io – Pteranodon

If you're developing only one app then there is only one folder beyond ~Libraries/Application Support/iPhoneSimulator (I have to check the path). – Zasuwa

the path seems doesn't exist.. – Kaciekacy

But the App is compatible only with XCode 6 and I use XCode7... – Kaciekacy

It works for me on XCode 7 / El capitan. You need to compile and install it. – Pteranodon

Yes I'm trying it... it seems more easy than the plugin... – Kaciekacy

Yes it works correctly ... is a little bit slow at opening but it works.. thanks! – Kaciekacy

Try ~/Library/Application\ Support/iPhoneSimulator – Hokeypokey

nothing to do.. the path doesn't exist. I solved using the mac App SimulationManager. Thanks anyway – Kaciekacy

See ~/Library/Application Support/iPhone Simulator/7.1/Applications when you're developing for 7.1. When you're developing for 8.0 then check for 8.0. When you change to a directory, you can check for other dirs available by pressing ~/Library/App<tab>. – Zasuwa

Answer 1

Set and hit a breakpoint in the app, and write the following in the Xcode Console (next to the Variables View):

po NSHomeDirectory()

Then in Finder hit Shift+CMD+G, paste the path returned above without the quotation marks and hit enter.

Had

This throws a compiler error for me; adjusting it to var homeDir = NSHomeDirecotry; print(homeDir) (or examining the value of homeDir at a break point) works though. – Mande

@AlexHall This answer says to write this command in the console while paused at a break point. I misread it at first too and thought it meant to put this command in your code. – Flossi

Answer 2

Open up Terminal.app and run:

xcrun simctl get_app_container booted [app identifier] data

You can even setup an alias to change to the directory, like:

alias cdmyapp='cd $(xcrun simctl get_app_container booted com.mycompany.myapp data)'

Kelt

I like the alias idea! But this is just the bundle folder, not the Documents folder. – Viewable

This is awesome. May I know where can I get the list of other such functions (e.g get_app_container)? I'm basically looking to fetch Documents Directory from command line. Any Help? – Bender

This returns the .app bundle not the documents/data directory as the question asks – Guideboard

Great answer, in the modern Xcode environment I think this is probably the fastest way. – Attorneyatlaw

cd $(xcrun simctl get_app_container booted [app identifier] data) to get to the documents folder – Windsor

open $(xcrun simctl get_app_container booted com.guidebook.guidebook data)/Documents to open de documents folder. Notice data and /Documents. – Lordly

Answer 3

I have 2 solution

• Simpholders or free and open source alternative OpenSim
• A simple script that opens the finder window with the recently launched application on the iOS simulator

deviceId=$(xcrun simctl list devices | grep Booted | sed -n 's/^.([A-F0-9]{8}-([A-F0-9]{4}-){3}[A-F0-9]{12}).$/\1/p') applicationFolder=~/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Devices/$deviceId/data/Containers/Data/Application/ applicationFolder=$applicationFolder$(ls -Art $applicationFolder | tail -n 1) open $applicationFolder

Sabbath

Answer 4

This is the best I could do:

echo "Documents directory"
device_id=$(xcrun simctl list devices | grep Booted | sed -n 's/^.*\([A-F0-9]\{8\}-\([A-F0-9]\{4\}-\)\{3\}[A-F0-9]\{12\}\).*$/\1/p')
for folder in ~/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Devices/$device_id/data/Containers/Shared/AppGroup/*; do
  documents_directory="$folder/File Provider Storage"

  if [[ -a "$folder/File Provider Storage" ]]; then
    echo $documents_directory
    break
  fi
done

Mcgruder