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Reputation: 1371

Cannot simulate a moving location in iOS simulator

I'm trying to simulate a moving location (freeway drive) on the ios simulator, however it simply doesn't work. The only location that works is the static Custom Location... option.

To reproduce the problem:

  1. open up Xcode>open developer tools>simulator,
  2. open up the maps app
  3. set debug>location to "Freeway Drive"
  4. press the location button in the bottom left corner

It loads for a while, then says:

Current Location Not Available
Your current location cannot be determined at this time

When I open up system.log, I see the message:

SimulatorBridge[41185]: Selected location simulation scenario does not exist

I'm using Xcode 7.1.1 and the iPhone 6s / iOS 9.1 simulator. I've tried:

  1. Setting a default location
  2. Resetting the simulator in Simulator>Reset Content and Settings...
  3. Reinstalling the simulator

but nothing seems to work. Anyone know what I might be doing wrong?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 5257

Answers (1)

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Reputation: 1371

Ok, this may be a problem on Apple's end with Simulator for iOS 9.1.

I downloaded the iOS 9.0 simulator instead (Xcode>Preference>Downloads), fired up Maps in Simulator with the location set to Freeway Drive, and everything works -the location updates.

If you've had trouble simulating a moving location in your own app, just download and use a previous iOS Simulator version like above. Make sure you clean your project in Xcode first (Product>Clean), then rebuild it and everything should work fine.

Upvotes: 2

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