Xcode 6 keeps renaming my app's directory in iOS8 simulator after each run.

Question

I\'m running Xcode 6 Beta 5 but this has been happening since the first beta. My app\'s directory in the simulator keeps being renamed after each run. It took me a while to

Answer 1

USE SIMPHOLDERS

I used this app on Xcode 5 opens the Documents folder, for the currently running app in the simulator, in Finder.

http://simpholders.com/

not ready for Xcode 6 yet (as of sep 24 2014) but saves all this hassle.

In Xcode 6 / iOS8 The bundle is now separate from the data./ The application GUID is regenerated between runs in Xcode (not sure why)

  DOCUMENTS DIR:/Users/gbxc/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Devices/AC79941F-EC56-495E-A077-773EEE882732/data/Containers/Data/Application/C220D351-0BE7-46BA-B35E-D16646C61A3F/Documents
mainBundlePath_:/Users/gbxc/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Devices/AC79941F-EC56-495E-A077-773EEE882732/data/Containers/Bundle/Application/12200D1D-9B67-408B-BCF7-38206CBE0940/myappname.app/BLANK_BLOG_SCALED.jpg

1. FIND THE DEVICES FOLDER in SIMULATOR

/Users/gbxc/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Devices/

open each /device.plist to see which GUID is which device in XCode - I think this is static

3. FIND THE DEVICE you're running on iPad 2 - I think this is static

/Devices/AC79941F-EC56-495E-A077-773EEE882732

4. Find your application /Documents folder

/AC79941F-EC56-495E-A077-773EEE882732/data/Containers/Data/Application/C220D351-0BE7-46BA-B35E-D16646C61A3F/Documents

BEWARE the GUID C220D351-0BE7-46BA-B35E-D16646C61A3F is regenerated everytime the app is run in XCode 6

 NSArray *paths_ = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
        if(paths_){
            _docsDir = [paths_ firstObject];
            DebugLog(@"DOCUMENTS DIR:%@",_docsDir);         
        }else{
            ErrorLog(@"paths_ is nil - cant get Documents directory");
        }

MAIN BUNDLE path

NSString *mainBundlePath_ = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"someimageinyourbundle" ofType:@"jpg"];
/AC79941F-EC56-495E-A077-773EEE882732/data/Containers/Bundle/Application/12200D1D-9B67-408B-BCF7-38206CBE0940/clarksonsiq.app/BLANK_BLOG_SCALED.jpg

NEVER CACHE THE PATH to /Documents between runs it will change.

I was serializing it to a plist and couldnt figure out why they kept disappearing

The GUID above /Documents keeps changing between runs but if you have /Documents open in Finder the folder stays open.

https://devforums.apple.com/thread/235911?tstart=0

https://devforums.apple.com/thread/238754?tstart=0