accessing data saved in the iPhone simulator.

Question

I'm working on a game and I'd like to give a non-developer friend a little level editor so they can build levels while I continue working on the development.

I quickly knocked up the following to see if it would create a file my friend could copy and email to me for later use.

// Archive Test
     NSMutableDictionary *leveldata = [NSDictionary 
                                          dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
                                          @"This is value 1", @"key1", 
                                          @"This is value 2", @"key2", 
                                          nil];

     NSData *myData = [NSKeyedArchiver archivedDataWithRootObject:gamestate];

     if([myData writeToFile:@"gamestate.bin" atomically:YES]){
      NSLog(@"SAVED");
     }else{
      NSLog(@"FAIL SAVE");
     }

According to the log, it's been saved. However, I've no idea where, I assume into the applications tmp or document directory. But is there anyway I can tweak this to make that saved data accessible outside of the simulator, or is there another approach I should take?

Answer 1

They go into the directory: "~/Library/Application Support/iPhone Simulator/User/Applications/xxx where xxx is a 36 character unique ID, you will have to find the correct one, I usually just check the modification date. Be aware of the space characters in the path.