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URL: https://www.progressiverobot.com/workflow-testing-on-ios-simulator/
Happen to be on a Mac and want to test your website on iOS devices while developing? There's an easy way to do it with the <^>Simulator<^> app.
Here's how to fire everything up. First, you'll have to make sure you have <^>Xcode<^> installed. If you don't have it yet, you can find it on the app store. Then fire up Xcode, right-click on the dock icon and choose <^>Open Developer Tool > Simulator<^>:
Et voilà! Simply launch Safari on the simulator and point it to your local server instance:
You can even choose between a range of iOS devices in the <^>Hardware<^> menu:
It's now part of my typical workflow to launch an instance of the simulator when working on something. This way I get a much better idea how things will turn out at least on iPhones / iPads.
👉 Quick shortcut: when you fire up the simulator you'll notice that a new icon appears in the dock. I've set the icon to stay in the dock, and now I can launch the simulator without even launching Xcode first.
