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Dani
Dani

Reputation: 3637

Xcode simulator - copy/paste issue

I've been having this issue for quite sometime now. Basically, when I cannot copy something from my web browser or a file and paste it into the simulator (ie in an UITextField for example). I read multiple questions here, I tried the suggested answers, but nothing works really.

When I copy something from my web browser for example, I have Automatically Sync Pasteboard activated in my simulator and yet, cmd + V doesn't paste it. Even though I've copied the data, I have no edit > paste menu activated in my simulator. Even if I disable Automatically Sync Pasteboard, I dont get the edit > paste menu. I'm testing this on iPhone 8 simulator.

Is there a way to fix this?

Upvotes: 7

Views: 4615

Answers (2)

ajl
ajl

Reputation: 851

I searched for an answer for this for some time. For Apple Silicon (M1) I eventually found a page where some users had tracked it down to an issue with iOS 14+. When I installed switched to a simulator iOS 13.7 as instructed (see link) pasting worked again. While this is clearly not what was going on with the original question (10 years ago!), I am pasting here in case someone else has this issue.

Copied from my answer here.

Upvotes: 0

Ben Thomas
Ben Thomas

Reputation: 1488

I was having the same problem.

I turned the Automatic Pasteboard Sync off and on again and it started working.

Upvotes: 16

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