Input text doesn’t show keyboard on iOS simulator

I’m building an app and I need to use an input text. The problem comes when you tap on this input text, the keyboard doesn’t appear. I don’t know why, I don’t know what I’m doing wrong. It is supposed to be straightforward. Here is some of my code: <View style={ styles.storyContentContainer }> <TextInput ref=’username’ … Read more

Difference between iPhone Simulator and Android Emulator

What is the difference between iPhone Simulator and Android emulator? I have heard people saying that Emulator really emulates the target device which is not true in case of simulator. I think Android emulator mimics the processing speed of the target device, the memory usage, but a simulator does not emulate the device. Answer Disclaimer: … Read more

All exception break point is stopping for no reason on simulator

This is very annoying, every time I’m trying to debug on the simulator with “all exception break point”, app stops for no reason on this line: return UIApplicationMain(argc, argv, nil, NSStringFromClass([STAppDelegate class])); Did any one else found him self struggling with this issue? Thanks! EDIT Back trace on first throw: thread #1: tid = 0x1d96b, … Read more

How to mimic two-finger scroll/drag gesture on ios simulator?

I have a scroll page that I specified two fingers minimum. It works on my device, but don’t know how to mimic this gesture on Simulator. I can mimic one-finger scroll without problem. I’ve tried option/ctrl/shift etc, but couldn’t get it work. Maybe my combination is wrong. Anyone knows how? Thanks. Answer Holding the “Alt/Option” … Read more

How to permanently fix Xcode 5 SpringBoard failed to launch application with error: -3 [duplicate]

This question already has answers here: iPhone Simulator: SpringBoard failed to launch application with error: 7 (22 answers) Closed 8 years ago. Launching apps from Xcode 5 to the iOS simulator (multiple OS versions) fails with SpringBoard failed to launch application with error: -3. I can get around the problem by ‘turning it off and … Read more