I am creating an iphone app within XCODE the makes use of an SQLite3 database. I am creating the database programmatically if it does not exist. I am not getting any errors when I run the program.
How can I check the contents of the database to ensure that the data has been inserted correctly into the correct columns? Where does Xcode place the table within my system where I can view it?
The SQLite database will be created in your apps Documents folder, in the simulator's base directory.
Before Xcode 6, you can check in:
~/Library/Application Support/iPhone Simulator/4.2/Applications/GUID/Documents
There is also a Mac OS X application called SQLiteBrowser that you can use to browse the database your app created.
Update :
As of Xcode 6, the new iOS simulator's directory is located here :
~/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator
Ultimately, you can find your app's database under a location like this (Replace UIDs by yours) :
~/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Devices/4D2D127A-7103-41B2-872B-2DB891B978A2/data/Containers/Data/Application/0323215C-2B91-47F7-BE81-EB24B4DA7339/Documents/MyApp.sqlite
Source: SO: Xcode 6 iPhone Simulator Application Support Location
If you want to view the database that you are created,
Open finder press Command+g "~/Library/Application Support/iPhone Simulator" then go.
Open 5.0 (as per your version of simulator)-> Application-> select the pgm folder
-> Documents
Then you can see the database
Xcode 9.1:
Open Terminal, type:
cd ~ & find -name "YourModelName.sqlite"
You'll most likely be presented with such a path:
~/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Devices/XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX/data/Containers/Data/Application/YYYYYYYY-YYYY-YYYY-YYYY-YYYYYYYYYYYY/Library/Application
Support/
Open Finder, press Shift + Command + G, paste the path and press Go.
Use DB Browser for SQLite to view the .sqlite file.
There are a bunch of standalone programs that look at sqllite files. A very popular one for the Mac is called "Base":
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/base/id402383384?mt=12
The simulator directory has been moved with Xcode 6 to: ~/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator. To find the unique path add the following statement to the AppDelegate.m file, applicationDocumentsDirectory method:
NSLog(#"%#",[[[NSFileManager defaultManager] URLsForDirectory:NSDocumentDirectory inDomains:NSUserDomainMask] lastObject]);
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what is the physical path of any application's document directory ? (on Mac OS X Lion)
I know that there is UUID for each app on that folder but could not find it on my system until now
Open
/Users/UserName/Library/Application Support/iPhone
Simulator/4.3.2/Applications
Assuming 4.3.2 is the sdk version being used. Note that there's a Library folder inside MacintoshHD too, but you have to goto the one inside the current user's home directory. Also in Lion the user's Library folder is hidden by default. You'd need to click on Go on menu bar, holding the option key, to see it.
In Ios 5 this path has change it is as below
find this from GO menu of finder and find with Goto Folder and past this link
/Users/admin/Library/Application Support/iPhone Simulator
/Users/System Name/Library/Application Support/iPhone Simulator/4.3(target)/Applications
here you will see a bunch of folders for each application.Better rearrange them by date.Find yar application's folder inside that.And you will get your application document directory there.
In the latest version of Xcode I could simply go to Organizer->MyDevice->Applications and then select the app I wanted to look at and download the appdata in form of a folder with all the app content. Now I only get a .xcappdata file.
How can I access this file for take a look in a .sqlite file?
Under the Data files in Sandbox pane in the Organizer, you'll find all the individual files that the selected app stores on the device and uses, displayed in a hierarchical view.
For my app, it looks like this:
To view the files in Finder, download the .xcappdata file, go to where you save it in Finder, Control-click on it and choose Show Package Contents. The directory structure is identical to what you see in the Organizer, and you can open and/or copy out the files as usual.
I'm constantly checking my app's database, so to speed things up I always download the .xcappdata to the same folder. I then run the following script that's sitting in that folder to look at the latest version of the database in 'sqliteman' (a sqlite program available through MacPorts):
#!/bin/bash
shopt - nullglob
for PACKAGE in *.xcappdata; do
CURRENT=$PACKAGE
done
sqliteman "$CURRENT/AppData/Documents/yourapphere.sqlite"
I'm reading through some of the documentation about File Management on iOS. When you create an application for the simulator, does the application get created somewhere on my hard drive? If so, where is it?
Also, does this have access to the Documents directory? Like if I create some test .txt file, and want to see it in the App->Documents folder, is that possible? Thanks.
Yes. Look here:
~/Library/Application Support/iPhone Simulator/4.3.2/Applications
Change the 4.3.2 to be the version of the Simulator you are using.
Within that folder you will find your apps, except the they are named cryptically. Open one of those folders and you will find your app, named as you recognize it, and the Documents, Library and tmp folders. Documents is where you find the docs that your app creates and uses. You can, in fact, makes changes to the files in the Documents folder or just access their content to see what your app sees or writes.
Under XCode 6, the document directory for your app is quite hidden:
~/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Devices//data/Containers/Data/Application//
You can find the directory for your app with this command:
$ sudo find ~/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Devices -name <APP_NAME>.app | grep -o '.*/'
I am creating an application that write some data to the database. For checking I need to open the database in applications.
I think it should be in
~/Library/Application Support/iphone simulator....
I have not found the iphone simulator folder in Application Support.I have installed ios 4.2, and simulator is working properly.
Where can I find it?
Xcode versions 3.x-5.x
Simulator usually is installed together with SDK so most probably you should look (e.g., if you installed Xcode 3.1 and SDK 4.3 in their default locations) within:
/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/Applications/iOS Simulator.app
Apps that are installed on your iPhone Simulator should be (if for example compiled for iOS 4.3) located in:
~/Library/Application Support/iPhone Simulator/4.3/Applications/[app GUID]
If you are looking for .sqlite database within Application, it should reside in:
~/Library/Application Support/iPhone Simulator/4.3/Applications/[app GUID]/Documents/[appname].sqlite
Xcode 6
The simulator devices are located in:
~/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Devices/
so your application data (e.g. application database in app Document folder) will be in
~/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Devices/[simulator device id]/data/Applications/[app GUID]/Documents/[appname.sqlite]
On Mac OS X 10.7 the users/[username]/Library is hidden. Reveal it using:
chflags nohidden ~/Library
In IOS5, follow this step
Right Click finder in Dock.
Click 'Go to Folder'.
Give folder name as "/Users/'USER NAME'/Library/Application Support/iPhone Simulator/"
It will take you there.
NOTE: When you run the simulator, it creates a directory under your home directory located at:
~/Library/Application Support/iPhone Simulator/
When you install an application onto the simulator, it creates a sandbox for the application in a path that looks something like this:
~/Library/Application Support/iPhone Simulator/user/Applications/<GUID>
Where <GUID> is a directory with the name being a GUID assigned to the application during the installation process. The GUID isn’t particularly necessary to find for you application, and the path to your application’s sandbox can be found with a quick display of command-line foo. From the ~/Library/Application Support, run:
Deminem$ find ./ -name "AppName.app"
And, voila. It will return a list of all the sandbox directories which contains this application. The "private" data for your app inside the directory:
~/Library/Application Support/iPhone Simulator/user/Applications/<GUID>/Documents
Good luck! ;)
Now on ios 8 the application data is located at Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Devices/DEVICE NUMBER/data/Containers/Data/Application/APPLICATION ID
On XCode 8. the sqlite file is in
~/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Devices/[DEVICE ID ]/data/Containers/Data/Application/B4813EE5-CC8E-4728-872E-41918AD1C14D/Documents/[APPLICATION NAME].sqlite
I don't know the mean by "B4813EE5-CC8E-4728-872E-41918AD1C14D".
The way to get DEVICE ID:
Click to dropdown the simulators list
Click "Add Additional Simulators..."
Select the simulator you are using
We are now up to simulator 5.0 and iOS 6 is in beta 4 stage. All previous answers and comments are out of date.
I would suggest testing with
ls -la ~/Library/Application\ Support/iPhone\ Simulator/*.*/Applications
To answer the specific question about databases
find ~/Library/Application\ Support/iPhone\ Simulator/*.*/Applications -name \*.sqlite
That should last until Apple makes a drastic change.
It sounds like you're talking about the SQLite file used by Core Data – if so, that file should be in ~Library/Application Support/iPhone Simulator/4.2/Applications/[AppID]/Library/ (assuming you're simulating iOS 4.2). If it's not there, I'm not sure where else it would be.
You can find it here
/Users/YOURUSER/Library/Application Support/iPhone Simulator/5.1/Applications
or
/Users/YOURUSER/Library/Application Support/iPhone Simulator/6.0/Applications
You can also write two lines of code that will tell you exactly where your app is located.
NSString *appFolderPath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] resourcePath];
NSLog(#"%#", appFolderPath);
In iOS 10, Xcode 8.3.3,
Find the Document path from
NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(FileManager.SearchPathDirectory.documentDirectory, FileManager.SearchPathDomainMask.userDomainMask, true)
then you can find the sqlite file in path printed
I have an iphone simulator running on my Mac.
I have a .ipa file, can you please tell me how can I install it on the simulator?
You can't. If it was downloaded via the iTunes store it was built for a different processor and won't work in the simulator.
I found an .ipa file that I wanted using iTunes and copied it over to my desktop.
After that I changed the extension to .zip and extracted it.
Next I found the Payload folder and moved the application inside to my desktop.
Finally I moved that application to my iPhone simulators applications folder found at:
HD
> Applications
> Xcode.app (right click - Show Package Contents)
> Contents
> Developer
> Platforms
> iPhoneSimulator.platform
> SDKs
> iPhoneSimulator6.0.sdk
> Applications
(Note: Some apps crash more often than others.)
In Xcode 6+ and iOS8+ you can do the simple steps below
Paste .app file on desktop.
Open terminal and paste the commands below:
cd desktop
xcrun simctl install booted xyz.app
Open iPhone simulator and click on app and use
For versions below iOS 8, do the following simple steps.
Note: You'll want to make sure that your app is built for all architectures, the Simulator is x386 in the Build Settings and Build Active Architecture Only set to No.
Path: Library->Application Support->iPhone Simulator->7.1 (or another version if you need it)->Applications
Create a new folder with the name of the app
Go inside the folder and place the .app file here.
Update for Xcode 9.4.1+
Hope my answer is getting seen down here as this took me a while to figure out but I just got it working.
First of all you need to build and run the App on your simulator. Then you open the Activity Monitor. Double click the name of your App to find its content.
In the next screen open the Open Files and Ports tab and find the line with MyAppName.app/MyAppName.
Copy the link but make sure to stop at the MyAppName.app. Do not copy the path following it.
Control click onto the finder icon and select Go to folder.
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Paste the path and click enter. You will see your MyAppName.app file.
Copy it to the Desktop and zip it. Move it to your desired 2nd computer and unzip the file. Build a random project to have a simulator open.
Lastly: Literally drag and drop the App from your Desktop into your Simulator. You will see the install and the App opens and does not crash.
You cannot run an ipa file in the simulator because the ipa file is compiled for a phone's ARM architecture, not the simulator's x86 architecture.
However, you can extract an app installed in a local simulator, send it to someone else, and have them copy it to the simulator on their machine.
In terminal, type:
open ~/Library/Application\ Support/iPhone\ Simulator/*/Applications
This will open all the applications folders of all the simulators you have installed. Each of the applications will be in a folder with a random hexadecimal name. You can work out which is your application by looking inside each of them. Once you have found out which one you want, right click it and choose "Compress ..." and it will make a zip file that you can easily copy to another computer and unzip to a similar location.
UPDATE: For Xcode 8.0+ you need to follow below Steps:
Download application from iTunes
Select downloaded app, right click show in finder
Copy .ipa file to Desktop, rename it to .zip file
Extract that .zip file and you will get directory with application name
Check that directory you will find app file in Payload folder, copy this app file
Go to ~/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Devices
FYI: Library folder is hidden by default in mac, you can see hidden file using below command.
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles YES;
killall Finder /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app
Now here you'll see many directories with long hexadecimal names, these all are simulators.
To find your desired simulator, sort these directories using "Arranged By > Date Modified".
Select that simulator file and go to below location.
<HEXADECIMAL-SIMULATOR-STRING>/data/Containers/Bundle/Application/
Create new folder name with <download-app-name> and paste app file in that folder
Open Terminal and run below command to install this application
xcrun simctl install booted <APP_FILE_PATH>
Example <APP_FILE_PATH> will be looks like below:
~/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Devices/<HEXADECIMAL-SIMULATOR-STRING>/data/Containers/Bundle/Application/<APP_NAME>
First of all, IPAs usually only have ARM slices because the App Store does not currently accept Simulator slices in uploads.
Secondly, as of Xcode 8.3 you can drag & drop a .app bundle into the Simulator window and it will be installed. You can find the app in your build products directory ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/projectname-xyzzyabcdefg/Build/Products/Debug-iphonesimulator if you want to save it or distribute it to other people.
To install from the command line use xcrun simctl install <device> <path>.
device can be the device UUID, its name, or booted which means the currently booted device.
For Xcode 10, here's an easy way that worked for me for a debug IPA (development profiles)
Unzip the IPA to get the Payload folder.
Within the Payload folder is the app executable.
Drag and drop the app to an open simulator. (You might see a green add button when you drag it over the simulator)
It should install that app on that simulator.
You can run the application file of project in simulator - not .ipa file.
You can get it from:
Libraries-->Applicationsupport-->iphone simulator-->4.3(its ur simulator version)-->applications-->then u can see many files like 0CD04F.... find out your application file through open it.
You can copy the file to your system(which system simulator u need run ) location Libraries-->Applicationsupport-->iphone simulator-->4.3(its your simulator version)-->applications-->
Then open the simulator 4.3 (its your simulator version where you pasted). You can see the application installed there.
Getting from other people:
Please tell them to find out Libraries-->Applicationsupport-->iphone simulator-->4.3(its ur simulator version)-->applications-->then you can see many files like 0CD04F.... from their system and receive that file from them.
After they have got the file, please copy and paste the file in to your system `Libraries-->Applicationsupport-->iphone simulator-->4.3(its your simulator version)-->applications-->(paste the file here).
Then you can see the app is installed in your system simulator and you can run it after clicking the file.
Copy From Here:
- Run the application in the Xcode.
- Select Finder go to Go and click on select Library Library/Application Support/iPhone Simulator/7.0.3-64/Applications
- Select 32 bit folder Copy your application.
Paste To Here:
- /Applications/Xcode-Beta.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhone Simulator. SDK/Applications
- Paste here and run the simulator.
With Xcode 6:
It's very possible to build and install on a simulator.
I did it by copying the debug build configuration (I called it SimRelease for my example below) in the project settings. I changed the architectures to i386 and x86_64 (not sure how necessary this was), but key difference to change between the copied build configuration is build for active architecture set to NO. After that a couple simple command line tools will do the rest!
xcodebuild -scheme YOUR_SCHEME -configuration SimRelease -sdk iphonesimulator8.1
Depending on where you have your DerivedData set you need to go find the outputted .app folder. Once you've found it you can simply install it on any simulator device. To find the device UUID's open Xcode and go to Window->Devices you'll see the list of the device instances and you can grab the UUID's. For a trivial script you could grab all of them from: ~/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Devices/ and install on every device.
From there the simple command to install on a device is:
xcrun simctl install DEVICE_ID APP_FOLDER_LOCATION
Here's a simple shell script to take the app and install it on every device:
app_dir=$1
current_dir=$(pwd)
cd ~/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Devices/
devices=$(ls -d */)
cd "$current_dir"
for device in $devices
do
device_id=${device%/}
xcrun simctl install "$device_id" "$app_dir"
done
Hope this helps! Took me a while to figure out the best way to do it.
Step to run in different simulator without any code repo :-
First create a .app by building your project(under project folder in Xcode) and paste it in a appropriate location (See pic for more clarity)
Download Xcode
Create a demo project and Start simulator in which you want to run the app.
Copy the .app file in particular location(ex :- Desktop).
cd Desktop and Run the command (xcrun simctl install booted appName.app),
App will be installed in the particular booted simulator.
Tested on iPod touch (7th generation) Simulator 13 (iOS 15.0)
Xcode and Xcode Command Line tools are already installed
Since we have an .ipa file, we can get the .app file from it
Rename .ipa file as .zip and extract the contents
Once the zip file is extracted, we can find the Payload folder which contains App_Name.app file
Open Terminal or iTerm2 app
Navigate to the folder which contains .app file
To list all iOS connected devices & iPhone simulators -> Also shows the UDID of all devices
xcrun xctrace list devices
Boot the simulator
xcrun simctl boot <UDID>
Launch the simulator
open -a simulator
Install the .app file
xcrun simctl install booted <App_Name>.app
Just drag and drop .app file to simulator it will install app automatically.
I have checked in iPhone simulator 13(iOS 15.4)