How to simulate location in Simulator. To simulate location on a Simulator, select Features menu > Location, then you will see a list of location and movement options you can simulate.
Go to the desired floor in the Meridian Map Editor. Click the location on the map you want to simulate, and then press the lowercase L key. A dialog will appear with the message, “Simulated Location Set”. After a short time, the simulated location you set in the Editor will appear as a pink dot in the Android Emulator.
When changing the timezone, I found the easiest way to do it was by clicking the clock in the menubar. And then selecting "Open Date & Time Preferences" then select the tab Time Zone. Alternatively System Preferences -> Date and Time and select the tab Time Zone.
type: ~/Library/Application Support/iPhone Simulator.
As of iOS 5, the simulator has a configurable location.
Under the Debug menu, the last entry is "Location"; this gives you a sub menu with:
Custom Location lets you enter a Lat/Long value. Bicycle ride, City Run, and Freeway Drive are simulation of a moving location (in Cupertino, of course).
Of course, this does nothing to help with debugging for iOS 4 (or earlier); but it's a definite improvement!
Create in TextEdit file following file, call it MyOffice for example. Make extension as .gpx
<?xml version="1.0"?> <gpx version="1.0" creator="MyName"> <wpt lat="53.936166" lon="27.565370"> <name>MyOffice</name> </wpt> </gpx>
Select in Xcode at the Simulate area Add GPX File to Project...
Debug -> Location -> Custom Location
Features -> Location -> Custom Location
To find out which XCode version you have
$ /usr/bin/xcodebuild -version
in iOS Simulator menu, go to Debug -> Location -> Custom Location. There you can set the latitude and longitude and test the app accordingly. This works with mapkit and also with CLLocationManager.
In my delegate callback, I check to see if I'm running in a simulator (#if TARGET_ IPHONE_SIMULATOR
) and if so, I supply my own, pre-looked-up, Lat/Long. To my knowledge, there's no other way.
Pre iOS 5 you could do it in code:
I use this snippet just before the @implementation
of the class where I need my fake heading and location data.
#if (TARGET_IPHONE_SIMULATOR)
@interface MyHeading : CLHeading
-(CLLocationDirection) magneticHeading;
-(CLLocationDirection) trueHeading;
@end
@implementation MyHeading
-(CLLocationDirection) magneticHeading { return 90; }
-(CLLocationDirection) trueHeading { return 91; }
@end
@implementation CLLocationManager (TemporaryLocationFix)
- (void)locationFix {
CLLocation *location = [[CLLocation alloc] initWithLatitude:55.932 longitude:12.321];
[[self delegate] locationManager:self didUpdateToLocation:location fromLocation:nil];
id heading = [[MyHeading alloc] init];
[[self delegate] locationManager:self didUpdateHeading: heading];
}
-(void)startUpdatingHeading {
[self performSelector:@selector(locationFix) withObject:nil afterDelay:0.1];
}
- (void)startUpdatingLocation {
[self performSelector:@selector(locationFix) withObject:nil afterDelay:0.1];
}
@end
#endif
After iOS 5 simply include a GPX file in your project like this to have the location updated continuously Hillerød.gpx:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<gpx version="1.1" creator="Xcode">
<wpt lat="55.93619760" lon="12.29131930"></wpt>
<wpt lat="55.93625770" lon="12.29108330"></wpt>
<wpt lat="55.93631780" lon="12.29078290"></wpt>
<wpt lat="55.93642600" lon="12.29041810"></wpt>
<wpt lat="55.93653420" lon="12.28998890"></wpt>
<wpt lat="55.93660630" lon="12.28966710"></wpt>
<wpt lat="55.93670240" lon="12.28936670"></wpt>
<wpt lat="55.93677450" lon="12.28921650"></wpt>
<wpt lat="55.93709900" lon="12.28945250"></wpt>
<wpt lat="55.93747160" lon="12.28949540"></wpt>
<wpt lat="55.93770000" lon="12.28966710"></wpt>
<wpt lat="55.93785620" lon="12.28977440"></wpt>
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<wpt lat="55.94176190" lon="12.29794970"></wpt>
<wpt lat="55.94156970" lon="12.29760640"></wpt>
</gpx>
I use GPSies.com to create the base file for the gpx data. A bit of cleanup is required though.
Activate by running the simulator and choosing your file
(source: castleandersen.dk)
You can easily share any desired location from the macOS Maps application to the Xcode simulator.
This let you test some locations quickly, having an understanding on where geographically the location is (e.g. for testing geofencing), and deciding at runtime where to go next (e.g. for debugging and fine-tuning stuff).
Tested this on MacOS Catalina 10.15.4 and Xcode 11.4.
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