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The final step in the process is to return to the simulator and enable remote JS debugging. Click over to the simulator, and hit Command + D to bring up your expo options menu. The very last option on this screen is called 'Debug Remote JS' — click it to toggle on remote debugging. Change the open iOS simulator device (s), and Expo will use it. Expo directs its output to the open iOS simulator, so this must be done in the simulator itself rather than in Expo. It is simple to do. You can direct expo output to different devices. One of the best iOS emulators for windows 10, Smartface is known to have an excellent and user-friendly interface that is common for developing cross-platform apps. You just need to make sure that iTunes has already been installed on the PC after which you can begin with developing applications.

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The Remoted iOS Simulator for Windows allows you to test your apps on aniOS simulator displayed in Windows alongside Visual Studio 2019 and Visual Studio 2017.

Getting started

Expo Ios Simulator Windows

The Remoted iOS Simulator for Windows is installed automatically as partof Xamarin in Visual Studio 2019 and Visual Studio 2017. To use it, follow these steps:

  1. Pair Visual Studio 2019 to a Mac Build host.
  2. In Visual Studio, start debugging an iOS or tvOS project. TheRemoted iOS Simulator for Windows will appear on your Windows machine.

Watch this video for a step-by-step guide.

Simulator window

Ios Simulator For Mac

The toolbar at the top of the simulator's window contains a number of useful buttons:

  • Home – Simulates the home button on an iOS device.

  • Lock – Locks the simulator (swipe to unlock).

  • Screenshot – Saves a screenshot of the simulator (stored in PicturesXamariniOS Simulator).

  • Settings – Displays keyboard, location, and other settings.

  • Other options – Brings up various simulator options such as rotation, shake gestures, and Touch ID.

Settings

Clicking the toolbar's gear icon opens the Settings window:

These settings allow you to enable the hardware keyboard, choose alocation that the device should report (static and moving locations areboth supported), enable Touch ID, and reset the content and settings forthe simulator.

Other options

Ios Simulator Windows 10

The toolbar's ellipsis button reveals other options such as rotation,shake gestures, and rebooting. These same options can be viewed as a listby right-clicking anywhere in the simulator's window:

Touchscreen support

Most modern Windows computers have touch screens. Since the Remoted iOSSimulator for Windows supports touch interactions, you can test your appwith the same pinch, swipe, and multi-finger touch gestures that you usewith physical iOS devices.

Simulator

The Remoted iOS Simulator for Windows is installed automatically as partof Xamarin in Visual Studio 2019 and Visual Studio 2017. To use it, follow these steps:

  1. Pair Visual Studio 2019 to a Mac Build host.
  2. In Visual Studio, start debugging an iOS or tvOS project. TheRemoted iOS Simulator for Windows will appear on your Windows machine.

Watch this video for a step-by-step guide.

Simulator window

Ios Simulator For Mac

The toolbar at the top of the simulator's window contains a number of useful buttons:

  • Home – Simulates the home button on an iOS device.

  • Lock – Locks the simulator (swipe to unlock).

  • Screenshot – Saves a screenshot of the simulator (stored in PicturesXamariniOS Simulator).

  • Settings – Displays keyboard, location, and other settings.

  • Other options – Brings up various simulator options such as rotation, shake gestures, and Touch ID.

Settings

Clicking the toolbar's gear icon opens the Settings window:

These settings allow you to enable the hardware keyboard, choose alocation that the device should report (static and moving locations areboth supported), enable Touch ID, and reset the content and settings forthe simulator.

Other options

Ios Simulator Windows 10

The toolbar's ellipsis button reveals other options such as rotation,shake gestures, and rebooting. These same options can be viewed as a listby right-clicking anywhere in the simulator's window:

Touchscreen support

Most modern Windows computers have touch screens. Since the Remoted iOSSimulator for Windows supports touch interactions, you can test your appwith the same pinch, swipe, and multi-finger touch gestures that you usewith physical iOS devices.

Similarly, the Remoted iOS Simulator for Windows treats Windows Stylusinput as Apple Pencil input.

Sound handling

Sounds played by the simulator will come from the host Mac's speakers.iOS sounds are not heard on the Windows computer.

Expo Ios Simulator Windows 10

Disabling the Remoted iOS Simulator for Windows

To disable the Remoted iOS Simulator for Windows, navigate toTools > Options > Xamarin > iOS Settings and uncheckRemote Simulator to Windows.

With this option disabled, debugging opens the iOS Simulator on the connected Mac build host.

Troubleshooting

If you experience issues with the Remoted iOS Simulator, you can view the logs in these locations:

  • Mac~/Library/Logs/Xamarin/Simulator.Server
  • Windows%LOCALAPPDATA%XamarinLogsXamarin.Simulator

If you report a problem in Visual Studio, attaching these logs might be helpful (there are options to keep uploads private).





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