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phenry
phenry

Reputation: 2057

Simulate iPhone browser on iPad

I don't have an iPhone, and I don't have a Mac I could use to run the SDK, but I do have access to an iPad. How can I simulate the iPhone (and iPod Touch) Safari browsing experience on the iPad? I need to be able to replicate the iPhone pixel dimensions at the very least, plus a few things like orientation switching and geolocation that are present in the iPad anyway. It would be nice if it could transmit the iPhone user agent string, but if that's not possible I can work around it.

Upvotes: 5

Views: 7511

Answers (5)

Sasha
Sasha

Reputation: 1072

For anyone still looking for a solution - there is now an easier way by using a split screen option to put Safari side by side with another app, and reduce its width to the width of an iPhone.

Upvotes: 4

Simon_Weaver
Simon_Weaver

Reputation: 145880

There used to be an app called IIRC 'Viewport' but that doesn't seem to be available anymore and I remember it being very limited anyway.

After spending all afternoon trying to create an iframe based testing tool myself (which is futile because of the handling of vh and position: fixed) I finally found this:

"Inspect Browser"

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/inspect-browser/id1203594958?mt=8

Upvotes: 0

user658768
user658768

Reputation:

I hope this one may help you better. Windows-friendly iOS Web development, profiling and testing.

http://www.electricplum.com/studio.aspx

Upvotes: 0

Jeg Bagus
Jeg Bagus

Reputation: 5075

do you already own iphone ? if not, you can use third party browser on ipad. i use dolphin browser for iphone. can be installed too on ipad. it will have almost same behaviour like safari because apple restrict to only use webkit for any thirdparty web browser.

Upvotes: 9

Scott Forbes
Scott Forbes

Reputation: 7417

Your best bet is probably a website like testiphone.com, which is a browser-based iPhone simulator. There's no easy way to change the pixel dimensions or user agent string within Mobile Safari, the iPad's default browser, and I'm not aware of any third-party iPad browsers that simulate an iPhone.

Upvotes: 0

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