Set the location in iPhone Simulator

Question

Does anyone know how to set the location (as it's picked up in CoreLocation services) in the iPhone Simulator? I've been browsing online docs all day and I can't find an answer. Speak up!

Answer 1

In my delegate callback, I check to see if I'm running in a simulator (#if TARGET_ IPHONE_SIMULATOR) and if so, I supply my own, pre-looked-up, Lat/Long. To my knowledge, there's no other way.

Answer 2

So then there's no better way to test/debug a location tracking application?I'm used to RIM's Simulator and the Sun WTK which both allow you to script a trip to the grocery store so you can track how your application reacts to changes in the location. I suppose this could be mocked and abstracted behind an ObjC protocol. Maybe in another release or two Apple will unlock this ability.

Answer 3

Better late than never :)

I just came across this iSimulate which allows you to send Fake location to the app. The solution is NOT free.

> Q: How does iSimulate work? 

> A: When added to your project, the iSimulate
> SDK library creates a listening server
> on your iPhone Simulator that waits
> for a connection from an iPhone/iPod
> running the iSimulate client. When
> such connection is established, the
> iSimulate client running on your
> iPhone/iPod captures all data from the
> accelerometer sensor, the touch
> events, the location and device ID and
> streams them to the server. The
> iSimulate SDK library then recreates
> all input events synthetically. This
> is entirely transparent to your
> application and does not interfere
> with your application's functionality.

Anyway, i am planning to get this. will update more soon!

Answer 4

Where you want to set your location? you can use mapkit api to show u location's. see icodeblog.com for more detail on how to use mapkit. Also you can store your desired cordinates just create an object CLLocation2D *location; location.longitude=your desired longitude value; location.latitude=your desired latitude value;