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How do I test the microphone in my IOs simulator? I don't think it records through the built in audio at the top of my Mac screen, which I understand.
Which of these options would work?
1.Plug a real microphone into my laptop
2.Export the app into my Iphone <- I don't know how to do this yet
3.Download some library that will use the built in audio on my macbook screen <- I saw a youtube video about this months ago but I can't find it now.
I appreciate any feedback. I'm asking this now to avoid programming strings of code that I cannot test.
Thank you
-Samuel
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While VoiceOver is not available directly in the Xcode simulator, it is possible to run VoiceOver from macOS to test your app. To do this, set keyboard focus on the simulator window then enable VoiceOver. From here you'll be able to use the Virtual Cursor to move between items on the screen.
Select a Simulated Device For iOS, tvOS, and watchOS apps, you can choose a simulated device, under [Platform] Simulators, from the run destination menu next to the scheme menu in the toolbar.
You'll need to go to Settings > Advanced and check the Show Debug Menu option. Then you'll see the option to open the web inspector for the Simulator right from that menu. With the Web Inspector open, you can debug inside the Simulator just like you could right in a desktop browser with DevTools.
The built in microphones should work with the iOS Simulator.
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AVAudioRecorder will record audio from the microphone. If you're using the simulator this will automatically use your Mac's built-in microphone, so you can test either on device or in the simulator.
Remember that there is a neat trick to record audio from your iPhone/iPad. You need a lightning cable or USB-C cable connected and enable your hardware device in the Utilities/Audio Devices settings:
Click on enable:
This new audio input will be visible in your emulator! So now you can record in simulator even if your Mac hasn't got a microphone
It has been available forever I believe and I just verified, it works for the Mac mini 2018 and macOS Catalina 10.15.4 and Xcode Version 11.4.1.
It will be enough to trouble shoot your iOS apps, but there is a small caveat. By default you get the line out from your iOS device, so I could play music and my mac would receive it. So far so good.
However to properly access the mic you would need a third party app to bridge and make the mic available to the mini but this is not necessary to just troubleshoot the mic on the simulator. I hope I explained myself.
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I don't think microphone works as of iOS 8.2. Here is link from Apple documentation that state this fact: https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/IDEs/Conceptual/iOS_Simulator_Guide/TestingontheiOSSimulator/TestingontheiOSSimulator.html
Look at the Hardware limitations section.
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