clearing iPhone Simulator cache

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clearing iPhone Simulator cache

I'm making an app that is using the web alot (http calls everywhere) and I need to occasionally clear the internal cache the iPhone Simulator seems to have. Going into Settings and clearing the cache via the Safari settings doesn't seem to work. Is there a file or folder that can be deleted somewhere to clear the cache?

iPhone OS2.0

Posted on May 13, 2008 6:17 PM

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Answer 1

robhedin

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May 14, 2008 5:34 AM in response to damienl

Probably more overkill than you really want/need, but you can use the "Reset Contents and Settings" function of the iPhone Simulator (via it's menu bar) to wipe everything and restore it's state to "new". You'll lose anything you've got stored on the simulator, and you'll have to redeploy your app to it but I suspect that would clear the cache!

rob.

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Answer 2

May 14, 2008 6:00 AM in response to damienl

The beta 5 simulator stores Safari cache files in
/Users/<your user name>/Library/Application Support/iPhone Simulator/User/Library/Safari

If you want to clear the cached pages you can remove the .plist file.

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