iOS application sandboxing

Robust sandboxing features have been built by iOS that prevent the applications from accessing the data or files of other applications.

The following figure showcases the iOS application sandboxing concept:

iOS application sandboxing

So, as shown in the preceding figure, Application 1 can't access the data of Application 2 by default.

There are certain features such as URL schemes through which they can transfer the data but with limited conditions.

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