To scroll or swipe, click and move the mouse with the button held down. Within the iOS Simulator, you can use the mouse as a substitute for the touches you would do on an actual device. Apps run this way are run in “debug mode” so you can set break points, look at variables and interact with the debugger just as you can with desktop or web apps. This builds your app and launches it in the iOS Simulator.
Starting the iOS Simulator is rather easy: simply press the big Run button on the toolbar of your iOS project. After accepting the agreement, you can quit it since you won’t need it to be running in order to launch the iOS Simulator.
You’ll then have to run it once to accept its license agreement. Since the iOS Simulator is part of the Xcode installation, you’ll have to download Xcode from the Mac App Store and install it. Here are some tips to help you out.īefore running your apps in Xojo, you’ll need to install the iOS Simulator. The iOS Simulator is an OS X app from Apple that can be used to test your iOS apps on OS X.
