How i can get access for '~/Applications' of iOS?

Question

I'm trying to enter to this folder using:

import os  
location=os.chdir('/Applications')  
for file in os.listdir(location):  
     print(file)

RETURN: 'Opesation not permitted'

When i run this, in the pythonista app, appears an alert message

But when alternately i run it but with the base root file directory, it pritns me all folders

import os  
location=os.chdir('/')  
for file in os.listdir(location):
    print(file)

RETURN: .file .mb Applications Developer Library System bin cores dev etc private sbin tmp usr var

I guess you don't have read permission on that folder? – Yitzchak Nov 29 '17 at 15:34 — Yitzchak, Nov 29 '17 at 15:34

Yitzchak · Accepted Answer · 2017-11-29T15:44:34.470

You cannot do it. source

For security purposes, an iOS app’s interactions with the file system are limited to the directories inside the app’s sandbox directory.

You should have access only to certain folders

During installation of a new app, the installer creates a number of container directories for the app inside the sandbox directory. Each container directory has a specific role.

This is your only working area

iOS apps always run in a sandbox

How i can get access for '~/Applications' of iOS?

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