I'm developing an iPhone app that uses the built-in SQLite database. I'm trying to view and open the database via the sqlite3 command line tool so I can execute arbitrary SQL against it.
When I run my app in the simulator, the .sqlite file it creates is located at ~/Library/Application Support/iPhone Simulator/User/Applications/.
How can I see that file on the physical iPhone?
In Xcode select window->organizer and expand the node next to your application in the applications section on your phone. Select the black downward pointing arrow next to application data and save the file anywhere on your desktop. Your sqlite database should be in there somewhere.
As for how to go about getting it back on the phone once your done i have no clue.
Exactly in the same way you do on the simulator. There are very few (important) differences between the device and simulator, and file access and library loading are for the most part not part of them.
Your question remains a little vague. "See" in what sense? Do you create the SQLite database? How? Have you placed it manually in the Simulator's filesystem area? Are you perhaps asking how to do that on the iPhone?
The easiest way is to precreate an empty database with the sqlite3 command-line tool, have it as a resource in your application, then copy it in your application sandbox's documents folder. You can get the path to your resources folder via NSBundle's pathForResource:ofType: method, then grab the path to your Documents folder via NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains() for the NSDocumentsDirectory folder in the NSUserDomainMask, then copy the file via NSFileManager's methods.
Otherwise, you can use SQLite's functions to create a new database from scratch by supplying appropriate SQL commands to define its schema.
