iOS8/Xcode 6 - sim-public link is invalid

[jtara]

lrwxr-xr-x 1 jon staff 154 Sep 22 14:55 sim-public-8.0 -> /Users/jon/Library/Application Support/iPhone Simulator/8.0/Applications/7DF5A015-DA92-4037-BF3F-FA25D2ADC19D/Library/Caches/Private Documents/apps/public

It's an invalid symlink.

[jtara]

#395 is likely a related issue.

[jtara]

This directory moved in Xcode 6. This StackOverflow article is helpful:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/25198840/document-directory-path-of-ios-8-beta-simulator

It's a bit convoluted getting to the directory.

First you need the UDID for the simulator profile you are using. This is specific to a specific device/version combination. This will need update I suggested in #394.

Then you need an application-specific UDID to form another part of the path. This does not seem to be the same as the application UDID though. I only identified my app by watching the filesystem when I ran the app.

Not sure if a sim-public link per-se even makes sense any more, as now the data and application are quite throughly separated.

Here is an example path to the application DATA on OSX.

The first UDID you see is for the iPhone 5S device for ios8. The second UDID is for the app. You'll have to poke around in the directories and understand the new layout.

/Users/jon/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Devices/45517293-B71B-4145-B079-16ECC5FF259F/data/Containers/Data/Application/32659D47-E748-4035-8364-CE6E96B1C294

[jtara]

Useful workaround: http://simpholders.com

[jtara]

This is still an Issue with release 5.0.25

[jtara]

5.0.25 was not intended to build with Xcode 6.1.1/iOS 8!

This has now been fixed in 5.0-SP3 candidate as of at least commit b9eb121. (Actually, I think some commits back.)

It now works nicely, and no need for SimPholders.