[ios] iOS Simulator to test website on Mac

I need to test my site on an iOS device from a Mac.

Is there a desktop simulator available to do this?

This question is related to ios testing safari-web-inspector

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If you are on Mac OS X just use Simulator. I don't know if it is available by default but it looks like it is a part of the Xcode suite.

Anyway it is free and really useful, it allows you to simulate many popular Apple devices:

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You can check and use their free trial browserstack , saucelabs or browser shots I know this is a very old question and I am answering too late and today there are many options available but may be someone get this usefull.


You can use the iOS simulator to do this. You need to enable "Developer Mode" on Safari (Preferences -> Advanced).

Then open the website you want to debug in the iOS simulator. Go back to safari and under Develop you will see the simulator and the tabs open on safari.

If you want to test an actual device, then just plug it into your computer and it should show there too.

That's how I do it.


You could also download Xcode to your mac and use iPhone simulator.


I use this site mostly

Its good one

http://iphone4simulator.com/

Still its better preferred to test on real device..

Hope this info helps you..


You could look into using BrowserStack: http://www.browserstack.com

While not free, it is rather cheap. It allows you to test against several iOS versions on both iPhone and iPad, along with Android, and various desktop browsers and OSs. It has proved quite invaluable to my workplace for doing just these sort of tests.


iPhoney is designed specifically for Mac users

you can read about it and download it here