Supports Xcode 6 only since version 3.x.
The ios-sim tool is a command-line utility that launches an iOS application on the iOS Simulator. This allows for niceties such as automated testing without having to open Xcode.
Currently none, binary ios-sim is published to npm/bin
See publishing script.
- Choose the device family to simulate, i.e. iPhone or iPad. Run using "showdevicetypes" option to see available device types, and pass it in as the "devicetypeid" parameter.
- Setup environment variables.
- Pass arguments to the application.
- See the stdout and stderr, or redirect them to files.
See the --help option for more info.
Usage: ios-sim <command> <options> [--args ...]
Commands:
showsdks List the available iOS SDK versions
showdevicetypes List the available device types (Xcode6+)
launch <application path> Launch the application at the specified path on the iOS Simulator
start Launch iOS Simulator without an app
Options:
--version Print the version of ios-sim
--help Show this help text
--verbose Set the output level to verbose
--exit Exit after startup
--debug Attach LLDB to the application on startup
--use-gdb Use GDB instead of LLDB. (Requires --debug)
--uuid <uuid> A UUID identifying the session (is that correct?)
--env <environment file path> A plist file containing environment key-value pairs that should be set
--setenv NAME=VALUE Set an environment variable
--stdout <stdout file path> The path where stdout of the simulator will be redirected to (defaults to stdout of ios-sim)
--stderr <stderr file path> The path where stderr of the simulator will be redirected to (defaults to stderr of ios-sim)
--timeout <seconds> The timeout time to wait for a response from the Simulator. Default value: 30 seconds
--args <...> All following arguments will be passed on to the application
--devicetypeid <device type> The id of the device type that should be simulated (Xcode6+). Use 'showdevicetypes' to list devices.
e.g "com.apple.CoreSimulator.SimDeviceType.Resizable-iPhone6, 8.0"
DEPRECATED in 3.x, use devicetypeid instead:
--sdk <sdkversion> The iOS SDK version to run the application on (defaults to the latest)
--family <device family> The device type that should be simulated (defaults to `iphone')
--retina Start a retina device
--tall In combination with --retina flag, start the tall version of the retina device (e.g. iPhone 5 (4-inch))
--64bit In combination with --retina flag and the --tall flag, start the 64bit version of the tall retina device (e.g. iPhone 5S (4-inch 64bit))
With node.js (at least 0.10.20):
$ npm install ios-sim -g
Download an archive:
$ curl -L https://github.com/phonegap/ios-sim/zipball/3.1.1 -o ios-sim-3.1.1.zip
$ unzip ios-sim-3.1.1.zip
Or from a git clone:
$ git clone git://github.com/phonegap/ios-sim.git
Then build and install from the source root:
$ rake install prefix=/usr/local/
Make sure you enable Developer Mode on your machine:
$ DevToolsSecurity -enable
Make sure multiple instances of launchd_sim are not running:
$ sudo ps -A | grep -e "launchd_sim" -e "simulator" -i | grep -v grep | awk '{print $1}' | xargs kill -9
This kills three types of processes:
xcode-select --print-path/Applications/iOS Simulator.app process- com.apple.CoreSimulator.CoreSimulatorService service
xcode-select --print-path/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneSimulator.sdk processes
When you want to release a version, do:
$ rake version:bump v=NEW_VERSION
$ rake release
$ npm version NEW_VERSION -m "Updated to npm version %s"
To get ios-sim to launch correctly within tmux use the reattach-to-user-namespace wrapper.
reattach-to-user-namespace ios-sim launch ./build/MyTestApp.app
source: https://github.com/ChrisJohnsen/tmux-MacOSX-pasteboard
brew: brew install reattach-to-user-namespace
Original author: Landon Fuller landonf@plausiblelabs.com Copyright (c) 2008-2011 Plausible Labs Cooperative, Inc. All rights reserved.
This project is available under the MIT license. See LICENSE.