How do I get the users home directory in a sandboxed app?

Question

NSHomeDirectory() is retuning my sandbox root, not my home directory. [@\"~\" stringByExpandingTildeInPath] is doing the same thing.

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Answer 1

Using Swift, you can access the users home directory path from a sandboxed app like this:

var userHomeDirectoryPath : String {
    let pw = getpwuid(getuid())
    let home = pw?.pointee.pw_dir
    let homePath = FileManager.default.string(withFileSystemRepresentation: home!, length: Int(strlen(home)))

    return homePath
}

I created this solution based on a snippet in this blog post: http://zpasternack.org/accessing-the-real-home-folder-from-a-sandboxed-app/