How to use Charles Proxy on the Xcode 6 (iOS 8) Simulator?

Question

It seems that the directory for the iOS Simulator has changed. It used to be in ~/Library/Application\\ Support/iPhone\\ Simulator/ and now it\'s in ~/Lib

Answer 1

Steps for iOS simulator.

• Install Charles - download
• Charles Menu -> Proxy -> Enable Mac Proxy
• Charles Menu -> Tools -> Proxy -> Proxy Settings -> MacOS -> Check all the check boxes
• Install Charles Certificate in iOS simulators
• Charles Menu -> Help -> SSL Proxying -> Install Charles Ceritificate in iOS Simulators
• Enable Charles Certificate in iOS Simulators
• iOS Simulators Setttings -> General -> About -> Certificate Trust Settings -> Switch On
• If traffic does not appear, Run Charles before simulator

Steps for iPhone/iPad.

• Open desktop Charles app (Mac/Windows)

• Goto Charles Menu -> Help -> SSL Proxying -> Install Charles Ceritificate on a Mobile device or Remote browser -> Select -> popup appear with below steps `

  Configure your device to use Charles as its HTTP Proxy on 192.168.0.100:8888, then browser to chls.pro/ssl to download and install the certificate.

• Goto iPhone settings -> Wifi -> click selected wifi -> Http proxy -> Configure proxy -> select Manual -> Give server as 192.168.0.100 and port as 8888 -> Save

• Goto iPhone browser -> Load chls.pro/ssl -> It will show below popup `

  The website is trying to download a configuration profile. Do you want to allow this? Ignore button and Allow button

• Click Allow button -> It will download the profile

• Goto iPhone Settings -> General -> Profiles -> Downloaded Profile -> Select the Charles Proxy profile -> Install
• Goto iPhone Settings -> General -> About -> Certificate Trust Settings -> Enable - Charles Proxy CA certificate
• Now we can track the iPhone app calls in desktop Charles app