/private/var/mobile/Applications

Contains App Store applications. Preinstalled native, as well as Cydia apps, are installed in /Applications.

Children

For each application, the following folder structure is created:

See also: Apple Developer Publications, iOS Application Programming Guide available as a free download in the iBookStore.

Folders

• xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx (X's represent hexadecimal digits. Applications are sandboxed to this folder.)
• xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx/yyyyy.app (Y's are replaced with the application's name. The contents of this folder are signed and checked at runtime.)
• xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx/Documents (Contents of this folder are backed up during a sync and may be accessed through iTunes File Sharing, if enabled in the iTunesMetadata.plist)
• xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx/Library (Contents of this folder are backed up, with the exception of the Caches subfolder)
• xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx/tmp

Files

• xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx/iTunesArtwork (Large icon used in iTunes; JPEG, 515x515)
• xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx/iTunesMetadata.plist

Parents

• /
• /var
• /var/mobile