How to browse Core Data in my app running on my iPhone?

Question

I\'m working on an iPhone project that uses core data and trying to figure out a way to browse easily how data is being stored. Specifically, I am storing images in core data, a

Answer 1

To view Coredata from a device :

Plug in the device -

Start Xcode

On the top Xcode menu -

Select Window -

Select Devices -

Select your device -

Select the app -

Select the settings icon (gear shaped symbol to the right of "+ -") -

Select Download container -

Save it to a folder -

It will have an extension of ".xcappdata" -

Open FireFox

(If you dont already have it - get the FireFox SQLite Manager browser plug in) Select the SQLite Manager icon on the top right (looks like a barrel with stripes)

Select the open folder icon

change Format [SQLite DB files] to All Files

Browse to and Select your database

In addition to the tables and columns (sorry - Entities and Attributes ) you created in Coredata - you will see a few extra columns created by CoreData itself.

Hope this helps somebody. It's a bit of a bear, but worth the trouble to see your database "in the flesh"