#IOS SIMULATOR IN XCODE SIMULATOR#
Optionally, you can go up to the simulator menu and open Preferences to configure the GIF setting. You will then see the Save Copy as Animated GIF option. If you want to save the recording in both video and GIF formats, you can press the option key and place the cursor over the context menu. To save the recording as an animated GIF, right click the video preview and choose Save as Animated GIF. By dismissing the video preview, the recording will be saved in the Desktop folder. You will then see the Record button.Īfter finishing the recording, you can click the Stop button and the video preview will appear next to the simulator. In the toolbar of the simulator, hold the option key and place the cursor over the screenshot button.
There is another way to start the video recording. Alternatively, you can simply press command-R to start the recording. To record a video, open the simulator and go up to the simulator menu. Note: Have you checked out all the new features for Xcode 12? You can refer to this tutorial which walks you through all the great features of Xcode 12 and Swift 5.3. In Xcode 12.5, you can forget this command and record videos (or animated gifs) directly from simulators.
Xcrun simctl io booted recordVideo filename.
#IOS SIMULATOR IN XCODE CODE#
Next, add the following block of code into the application(_:didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:) method to request permission to receive push notifications. Go ahead and open the AppDelegate.swift file and import the UserNotifications framework. Video preview will show up at the bottom-right of the simulator. After finish recording, tap the recording indicator to stop the record. You can begin your recording after the indicator showing up. Recording indicator will show up on the upper right of the title bar. Create a sample app that request for permission to receive push notificationsįire up Xcode and create a new “Single View App” project. Open File menu > Record Screen or - command + R. If you are reading this after Xcode 11.4 officially released, just go ahead and download it in the Mac App Store.ĭo note that the Xcode beta release is bundled within its own sandbox, therefore you do not need to worry that the beta installation will overwrite your current Xcode version. Now the keyboard will be prompted automatically when you click the text field or text view UI component in the iOS simulator. Click the simulator menu Hardware > Keyboard, check the Connect Hardware Keyboard sub-menu, and then uncheck it at once.
#IOS SIMULATOR IN XCODE INSTALL#
Download and install Xcode 11.4-beta and aboveīy the time this article is being published, Xcode 11.4 is still under beta release. Select the iOS simulator window by click it. Now let’s go through these steps in detail one by one.
Without further ado, let’s see how this can be done.
Dear fellow iOS developers, the wait is finally over! We are now able to simulate push notification in iOS simulator using the latest Xcode beta release (11.4-beta).