Questions tagged [ios-simulator]
The iOS Simulator application presents the iPhone or iPad user interface in a window on the computer to emulate iPhone or iPad devices. This application provides several ways of interacting with it by using the keyboard and mouse to simulate taps, device rotation, and other user actions.
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Xcode 6: Keyboard does not show up in simulator
The keyboard does not show up when I run the simulator and click in the UITextView. How do I re-enable the keyboard?
It used to work but now it doesn't - I don't know what I might have clicked by ...
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Is it possible to disable the network in iOS Simulator?
I am trying to debug some inconsistent behaviour I am seeing in an application that gets its primary data from the Internet. I don't see the issues in the simulator, just on the device, so I'd like ...
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Take screenshots in the iOS simulator
I want to take a screenshot of my iOS application when it is running in the simulator, and save the screenshot on my Mac. How can I do this?
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Capture iOS Simulator video for App Preview
Okay, so we can now submit video previews of our apps on the App Store. According to Apple we should do so with an iOS8 device and OSX 10.10. The problem is you have to have all the different devices (...
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Error Running React Native App From Terminal (iOS)
I am following the tutorial on the official React Native website.
Using the following to build my project:
react-native run-ios
I get the error:
Found Xcode project TestProject.xcodeproj
xcrun: ...
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How to use dark mode in iOS simulator?
While I am developing the iOS app I need to test it in simulator with dark mode option so I can get more clarity about the app UI. But when I go to the Setting I am not getting option for dark mode as ...
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Message "flutter run: No connected devices"
I am trying to create a sample application with Flutter (fresh installation). Android Studio is also installed (fresh installation).
Here is the output of flutter run
flutter run
No connected devices.
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Error when testing on iOS simulator: Couldn't register with the bootstrap server
I was testing my app on the simulator when it crashed on clicking a button of a UIAlertView. I stopped debugging there, made some changes to the code and built the app again. Now when I run the ...
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The iOS Simulator deployment targets is set to 7.0, but the range of supported deployment target version for this platform is 8.0 to 12.1
I'm getting this below warning message in my Xcode 10.1.
The iOS Simulator deployment targets are set to 7.0, but the range of supported deployment target versions for this platform is 8.0 to 12.1.
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Bluetooth headphone music quality deteriorates when launching iOS simulator
The situation goes a little something like this:
I am programming Xcode whilst concurrently listening to music on my Bluetooth headphones... you know to block out the world.
Then, I go to launch my ...
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iPhone Simulator suddenly started running very slow
I have been working on an app in iphone simulator for a number of weeks and it has been running well up until now, but all of a sudden has begun running very slow both when loading content and ...
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Adding images or videos to iPhone Simulator
I am trying to use UIImagePickerController with UIImagePickerControllerSourceTypePhotoLibrary, but it says, "No photos". Where does the simulator get the images from? Where should I copy the images so ...
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How can I get the console logs from the iOS Simulator?
I want to see what happens in the iOS Simulator if I'm not testing the app in Xcode.
For example, if I open a link in the Safari simulator, see what happens in the console,
or if I install a web-app, ...
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How can I programmatically determine if my app is running in the iphone simulator?
As the question states, I would mainly like to know whether or not my code is running in the simulator, but would also be interested in knowing the specific iphone version that is running or being ...
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Error Domain=NSURLErrorDomain Code=-1005 "The network connection was lost."
I have an application which works fine on Xcode6-Beta1 and Xcode6-Beta2 with both iOS7 and iOS8. But with Xcode6-Beta3, Beta4, Beta5 I'm facing network issues with iOS8 but everything works fine on ...
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Where does the iPhone Simulator store its data?
I have a SQLite DB that I'm using to store app data, and I could do with taking a look inside it to debug a problem I'm having - but where does the iPhone Simulator store its data, typically?
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Submit to App Store issues: Unsupported Architecture x86
So I am trying to use the Shopify API. When I archive the app and validate it then there are no issues but when I submit it to the app store then it gives me the following issues.
ERROR ITMS-90087: "...
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Where are iOS simulator screenshots stored?
I have saved some screenshots in the iPhone Simulator running iOS 5, but I can't find them.
I had this problem before, and it took me frickin' ages to find them in the file system. Is this so simple ...
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Xcode Simulator: how to remove older unneeded devices?
I'm running Xcode 4.3.1 iOS-Simulator which originally only supports iOS 5.1.
I need to test my code with iOS 4.3, so I used Xcode's "Install" feature to install it as described in "Installing Xcode ...
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How to uninstall downloaded Xcode simulator? [duplicate]
How to uninstall one of the downloaded Xcode simulators?
My iOS 7 Simulator won't boot (Unable to boot the iOS Simulator). I want to completely reinstall it.
I tried:
Deleting ~/Library/Caches/com....
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How to run iPhone emulator WITHOUT starting Xcode?
On my old Mac running Snow Leopard, I could type "ios" into spotlight and it would start up the iPhone/iPad emulator by itself.
I have since had to get a new machine running Lion. I have ...
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iPhone 6 Plus resolution confusion: Xcode or Apple's website? for development
Apple's website claims that the resolution is 1080p: 1920 x 1080
However, the launch screen required by Xcode (8.0 GM launched today) is 2208 x 1242.
Who's right?
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Simulator slow-motion animations are now on?
A while ago I was experimenting, trying to see if i could get navigation items to animate and scroll between each other.
I don't know if this is related but suddenly without touching the simulator ...
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How to change time and timezone in iPhone simulator?
How do I change time and time zone in the iPhone simulator?
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Can I start the iPhone simulator without "Build and Run"?
I want to delete an app in the simulator before I "build and run". How can I start the simulator so I can do the deletion? If I start it by "build and run" I get a long log output that takes a while ...
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Simulator error FBSSystemServiceDomain code 4
I'm trying to run an app in the simulator but get this error message:
Unable to run app in Simulator
An error was encountered while running (Domain = FBSSystemServiceDomain, Code = 4)
I've not seen ...
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Archive button grayed out in Xcode
Would you be able to help me understand the reason why Archive button is grayed out in Xcode?
I have all developers profiles downloaded
Device type set to iPhone 6
And archive is checked in scheme....
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ios simulator: how to close an app
When you "run" the simulator from xCode, the app automatically launches, and then you can click the home button to suspend the app. What I want to do is close the app from within the simulator. So, ...
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How can I install a .ipa file to my iPhone simulator
I have an iphone simulator running on my Mac.
I have a .ipa file, can you please tell me how can I install it on the simulator?
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How to enable native resolution for apps on iPhone 6 and 6 Plus?
Xcode 6 GM now includes simulators for iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, and by default they run apps in a scaled mode.
To enable the new screen size I tried adding [email protected] which seems to do a part of ...
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FBSOpenApplicationErrorDomain code =4 error
When I'm trying to run iOS application in Xcode 6 in iPhone 6 simulator, I'm getting error Unable to run app in Simulator.
And error code is:
An error was encountered while running (Domain =
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Xcode 12.3 iOS 14.3 simulators Yellow Dock / yellow translucent issues
Today I downloaded the release of Xcode 12.3, and I went running the iOS 14.3 simulators and it seems like there is a graphic glitch that all translucent views are yellow, dock included.
I ...
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Set the location in iPhone Simulator
How can I set the location (as it's picked up in CoreLocation services) in the iPhone Simulator?
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Adjusting the Xcode iPhone simulator scale and size [duplicate]
Is there anyway to make the iOS simulator for iPhone 5 in Xcode, be the actual size of the iPhone 5. I'm getting a huge display and things seemed to be scaled.
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How to access iOS simulator camera [duplicate]
I am making a camera app. I need to test the app in the simulator but I can't access the iOS simulator camera.
If not possible in the simulator means I need to access my system camera. Whether it is ...
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How to monitor network calls made from iOS Simulator
I am trying to monitor calls from an app to my server just like Firebug does.
I could not find a way to see that in iOS Simulator or in xCode.
Is there a way to do that without sniffing all the ...
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Simulate airplane mode in iPhone Simulator
Is there any way to simulate airplane mode in the iPhone Simulator?
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What is TIC Read Status 1:57 in iOS11/Xcode 9?
After updating to Xcode 9, using Swift 3 and the iPhone X simulator, my console is full of:
TIC Read Status [11:0x0]: 1:57
TIC Read Status [11:0x0]: 1:57
TIC Read Status [11:0x0]: 1:57
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What is ...
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iPhone Simulator - Simulate a slow connection?
Is there a way to slow down the internet connection to the iPhone Simulator, so as to mimic how the App might react when you are in a slow spot on the cellular network?
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How do I test a camera in the iPhone simulator?
Is there any way to test the iPhone camera in the simulator without having to deploy on a device? This seems awfully tedious.
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`react-native run-ios` returns Error: Could not find iPhone X simulator
whenever I run react-native run-ios, I get
Could not find iPhone X simulator
Error: Could not find iPhone X simulator
at resolve (calendarPractice/node_modules/react-native/local-cli/runIOS/...
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How to programmatically display version/build number of target in iOS app?
How can I programmatically get the value of the target version, like in the image below?
As seen in the Properties window of the target of my Xcode project. I want to display this in the splash ...
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Pass deep link into iOS Simulator?
I would like to find an easier way to call deep links in the iOS simulator.
On Android you can use ADB to pipe links into the simulator by using the console.
Is there a similar way or a workaround to ...
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How do I type using my keyboard on the iphone simulator?
I used to be able to type with my real mac keyboard after launching the iPhone Simulator. Typing with the on-screen simulator keyboard is just horrible when testing with large amounts of text.
No ...
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How to resize the iPhone/iPad Simulator?
The iPad-simulator is really small (like one third the size of the real iPad screen) on my 23" Full-HD screen (and also on the 15" MacBook Pro).
Is there a way to resize it?
I know it must maintain ...
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Stop "developer tools access needs to take control of another process for debugging to continue" alert
I recently upgraded to 10.7.3, and when I try to debug my iOS project in the simulator for the first time after logging in, I'm prompted with the following two alerts:
My user is an admin user. I ...
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Why there is no "Home" button in iPad simulator in iOS 5.1 SDK?
How to simulator the action of "press the home button"?
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iOS Simulator failed to install the application
I have created a Cordova 2.1.0 app, It ran fine for the first 2-3 times. But now when I am trying to run it through terminal it is giving me the following error.I didn't change anything.
Ankurs-Mac-...
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Seeing black bars at the top and bottom of the iPhone X Simulator
Running my App in the iPhone X Simulator (GM Seed) I am noticing two strange effects:
the App does not use the full screen space (top and bottom area is black)
a strange white bar beneath the title ...
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Launch iOS simulator from Xcode and getting a black screen, followed by Xcode hanging and unable to stop tasks
I'm having trouble running my basic iPhone application (while going through the Stanford iTunes CS193p lectures) in the iOS simulator.
I've been searching for a while (both Google and SO), but unable ...
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