Adding images or videos to iPhone Simulator

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I am trying to use UIImagePickerController with UIImagePickerControllerSourceTypePhotoLibrary  but it says   No photos   Where does the simulator get the images from  Where should I copy the images so that they are displayed in the simulator

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try this app I ve made  download the code and run it in simulator https   github com cristianbica CBSimulatorSeed

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With iOS 8 0  we added the ability to just drag and drop images into the iOS Simulator   You can drag a bunch of images into the window  and they should be imported into the photo reel for that simulated device   You can also do this with the simctl command line tool   xcrun simctl addphoto

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try this app I ve made  download the code and run it in simulator https   github com cristianbica CBSimulatorSeed

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With iOS 11 and Xcode 9  just drag and drop photos to the Simulator  It will automatically import them in the Library app  Very easy

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an even easier way  is   open safari on simulator   tap www google com search for random photos  nature  open each image  press on it  and save it

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I just needed some random images for testing  so this is how I did it   I have the simplest solution in the world  Just open Safari in the simulator  go to Google images  or your own web or Dropbox URL   view an image  hold down the mouse button for 2 seconds  and you ll see  Save Image  - it will save right into the Photos library  Rinse and repeat

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1  CD to this path       Users  macOS user  Library Developer CoreSimulator Devices  Simulator   Identifier  data Media DCIM 100APPLE       Simulator Identifier  or UDID can be found at   Hardware    device    manage devices       eg  cd  Users rnDeveloper Library Developer CoreSimulator Devices 7508171A-DC5D-47CF-9BE1-FF950326E3DB data Media DCIM 100APPLE   2  Download photo by run this command       curl -o pic 001 jpg    https   s-media-cache-ak0 pinimg com 474x 49 25 7a 49257a4b3287b7841922ecdff855fd80 jpg    3  Restart your simulator to see the new files

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Explain step by step of Airsource Ltd s answer for adding image to simulator    Drag it to simulator  then Safari opens  or browse to the Image in the internet using Safari  Hold your click on the image When the pop-up appears  choose Save Image and enjoy      Update  for iOS Simulator 4 2  do these steps twice to get it work  Thanks kevboh   Update  This also works for iOS Simulator 6 1

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The simplest solution is to simply sign into iCloud on the simulator then use that to transfer any files in the drive  including photos

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None of the answers had the exact solution that I needed   The steps I ve found for myself working on iOS 5 0 and above simulator are as follows    Close the simulator if it is running xcode project  Run simulator from the dock by clicking on it  Drag  amp  drop the image into simulator  Tap and hold the image  opened in safari  and select the save option    You are done

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Adding an image to the Iphone Simulation running IOS 8 0 is even easier    Drag your image to the simulator IOS opens the Photo app and your image is now part of your collection    No need to deal with Safari anymore

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The simplest way to get images  videos  etc onto the simulator is to drag and drop them from your computer onto the simulator  This will cause the Simulator to open the Photos app and start populating the library   If you want a scriptable method  read on  Note - while this is valid  and works  I think Koen s solution below is now a better one  since it does not require rebooting the simulator  Identify your simulator by going to xCode- gt Devices  selecting your simulator  and checking the Identifier value  Or you can ensure the simulator is running and run the following to get the device ID xcrun simctl list   grep Booted Go to   Library Developer CoreSimulator Devices  Simulator Identifier  data Media DCIM 100APPLE and add IMG nnnn THM and IMG nnnn JPG  You will then need to reset your simulator  Hardware- gt Reboot  to allow it to notice the new changes  It doesn t matter if they are not JPEGs - they can both be PNGs  but it appears that both of them must be present for it to work  You may need to create DCIM if it doesn t already exist  and in that case you should start nnnn from 0001  The JPG files are the fullsize version  while the THM files are the thumbnail  and are 75x75 pixels in size  I wrote a script to do this  but there s a better documented one over here -link no longer work   You can also add photos from safari in the simulator  by Tapping and Holding on the image  If you drag an image  or any other file  like a PDF  to the simulator  it will immediately open Safari and display the image  so this is quite an easy way of getting images to it

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With iOS 11 and Xcode 9  just drag and drop photos to the Simulator  It will automatically import them in the Library app  Very easy

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For iOS 4 2 I had to go and create the 100APPLE folder and restart the simulator  then it worked

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This is MUCH easier with the new iOS Simulator that comes with Xcode 6   iOS Simulator 8 1 and above    Now all you have to do is drag one or more photos onto the iOS Simulator window  and instead of opening Safari  the Photos app opens  and instantly adds all dragged-in photos to the device

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I just stumbled upon how to bulk upload images on the iOS Simulator   I ve only confirmed it on 6 1     Backup the folder     Library Application Support iPhone Simulator 6 1 Media  Copy all your images into the folder     Library Application Support iPhone Simulator 6 1 Media DCIM 100APPLE  Move or delete the folder     Library Application Support iPhone Simulator 6 1 Media PhotoData  Restart iOS Simulator Open the Photos app   The simulator will restore all the images from the 100APPLE folder

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Adding an image to the Iphone Simulation running IOS 8 0 is even easier    Drag your image to the simulator IOS opens the Photo app and your image is now part of your collection    No need to deal with Safari anymore

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The simplest way to get images  videos  etc onto the simulator is to drag and drop them from your computer onto the simulator  This will cause the Simulator to open the Photos app and start populating the library   If you want a scriptable method  read on  Note - while this is valid  and works  I think Koen s solution below is now a better one  since it does not require rebooting the simulator  Identify your simulator by going to xCode- gt Devices  selecting your simulator  and checking the Identifier value  Or you can ensure the simulator is running and run the following to get the device ID xcrun simctl list   grep Booted Go to   Library Developer CoreSimulator Devices  Simulator Identifier  data Media DCIM 100APPLE and add IMG nnnn THM and IMG nnnn JPG  You will then need to reset your simulator  Hardware- gt Reboot  to allow it to notice the new changes  It doesn t matter if they are not JPEGs - they can both be PNGs  but it appears that both of them must be present for it to work  You may need to create DCIM if it doesn t already exist  and in that case you should start nnnn from 0001  The JPG files are the fullsize version  while the THM files are the thumbnail  and are 75x75 pixels in size  I wrote a script to do this  but there s a better documented one over here -link no longer work   You can also add photos from safari in the simulator  by Tapping and Holding on the image  If you drag an image  or any other file  like a PDF  to the simulator  it will immediately open Safari and display the image  so this is quite an easy way of getting images to it

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Since Xcode 6 you can use the command line tool xcrun simctl   Usage is very simple  to add a photo to the currently running simulator you use the booted placeholder   xcrun simctl addmedia booted   MyFile jpg   To add it to any other simulator  you use its device id  which can be found by running xcrun simctl list   xcrun simctl addmedia E201E636-CE6C-11E5-AB30-625662870761   MyFile jpg

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Its simple  Just follow these steps     Drag and drop image onto Simulator Now image opens into Safari browser  file       ImageName   Tap-and-hold on the Image  This displays actionSheet with Save  Cancel option  Also copy in case of iOS 7 simulator     Save the image  The image gets added into Library

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quit the simulator   Run simulator from the dock by clicking on it   Drag  amp  drop the image into simulator which you want to add   it will open image in safari    tap and hold the image and click the save option   then open gallery and you will see the image which u had saved recently

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With the drag and drop feature you will lose all the metadata of the photos   I ve created a project that make it really easy to import assets to the simulator  MBAssetsImporter   It enables you to import both videos and photos while preserving all the original metadata of the files

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Using your pc just Send the image via your email  Open the IOS-Simulator then open the email and download the image just click and hold the mouse on the image  and from the options that will be displayed Then  it will be automatically saved to your iOS-Simulator s photo gallery

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With the drag and drop feature you will lose all the metadata of the photos   I ve created a project that make it really easy to import assets to the simulator  MBAssetsImporter   It enables you to import both videos and photos while preserving all the original metadata of the files

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The simplest solution is to simply sign into iCloud on the simulator then use that to transfer any files in the drive  including photos

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In OS X Catalina with Xcode 11 you have to do this differently   First you MUST start the simulator   If you want to copy  say a photo to MULTIPLE simulated devices   Start all of them up   Then Right Click on a SINGLE  Multiple images will fail   ONLY does a single file      Share -  Simulator  A  share sheet will pop-up   You must choose an active simulator in the combo box and hit send   It will send one to many but NOT many to many of selected photos   I hope this helps folks   Drag and drop was supported in the last versions of Xcode and OS X but not with OS X Catalina and Xcode 11   While this IS in the directions it currently IS NOT working   What DID work for me was to first import my images into iPhoto on OS X and then DRAG DROP them from my OS X iPhoto and drop into the simulator   It would appear the drag drop for photos into the simulator is CURRENTLY only working from OS X iPhoto    -

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For iOS 7 I did the following   copy photos to these two folders     Library Application Support iPhone Simulator 6 1 Media DCIM 100APPLE   Library Application Support iPhone Simulator 7 0 Media DCIM 100APPLE   delete these 4 files only  to avoid duplicates on relaunch      Library Application Support iPhone Simulator 6 1 Media PhotoData Photos sqlite-shm   Library Application Support iPhone Simulator 6 1 Media PhotoData Photos sqlite-wal   Library Application Support iPhone Simulator 7 0 Media PhotoData Photos sqlite-shm   Library Application Support iPhone Simulator 7 0 Media PhotoData Photos sqlite-wal

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For iOS 8 0 the answer is out of date I found the media resource in the following path    Library Developer CoreSimulator Devices  DeviceID  data Media DCIM 100APPLE

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1  CD to this path       Users  macOS user  Library Developer CoreSimulator Devices  Simulator   Identifier  data Media DCIM 100APPLE       Simulator Identifier  or UDID can be found at   Hardware    device    manage devices       eg  cd  Users rnDeveloper Library Developer CoreSimulator Devices 7508171A-DC5D-47CF-9BE1-FF950326E3DB data Media DCIM 100APPLE   2  Download photo by run this command       curl -o pic 001 jpg    https   s-media-cache-ak0 pinimg com 474x 49 25 7a 49257a4b3287b7841922ecdff855fd80 jpg    3  Restart your simulator to see the new files

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With iOS 8 0  we added the ability to just drag and drop images into the iOS Simulator   You can drag a bunch of images into the window  and they should be imported into the photo reel for that simulated device   You can also do this with the simctl command line tool   xcrun simctl addphoto

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Since Xcode 6 you can use the command line tool xcrun simctl   Usage is very simple  to add a photo to the currently running simulator you use the booted placeholder   xcrun simctl addmedia booted   MyFile jpg   To add it to any other simulator  you use its device id  which can be found by running xcrun simctl list   xcrun simctl addmedia E201E636-CE6C-11E5-AB30-625662870761   MyFile jpg

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Just Drag and Drop image into iphone simulator  browser will open to show your image  press on image until you not receive options to save Image  then Save image  thats it     you will see your image in to Photo app in your simulator

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Method 1  Easiest Way    If you have your image on Mac  You can drag an image from the Finder on your Mac to Simulator  and it is saved to the Saved Photos album   Method 2  If its on any URL  To save an image from a webpage to the Photos app   Place the pointer on the image you want to save  and hold down the mouse button or trackpad  When the menu appears  click Save Image to save the image to the Photos app in an iOS simulator  The image is saved to the Saved Photos album in the Photos app    Incase someone looking for Apple Documentation regarding Copying and Pasting in Simulator

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If you need to import more than just one or two photos then take a look at this article that I wrote  It describes an easy way to perform a bulk import of photos and works for iOS 4 x

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As of iOS 8  you can just drag all your photos onto the simulator window and they ll save to camera roll automatically  You can do as many at a time as you want

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The simplest way to get images  videos  etc onto the simulator is to drag and drop them from your computer onto the simulator  This will cause the Simulator to open the Photos app and start populating the library   If you want a scriptable method  read on  Note - while this is valid  and works  I think Koen s solution below is now a better one  since it does not require rebooting the simulator  Identify your simulator by going to xCode- gt Devices  selecting your simulator  and checking the Identifier value  Or you can ensure the simulator is running and run the following to get the device ID xcrun simctl list   grep Booted Go to   Library Developer CoreSimulator Devices  Simulator Identifier  data Media DCIM 100APPLE and add IMG nnnn THM and IMG nnnn JPG  You will then need to reset your simulator  Hardware- gt Reboot  to allow it to notice the new changes  It doesn t matter if they are not JPEGs - they can both be PNGs  but it appears that both of them must be present for it to work  You may need to create DCIM if it doesn t already exist  and in that case you should start nnnn from 0001  The JPG files are the fullsize version  while the THM files are the thumbnail  and are 75x75 pixels in size  I wrote a script to do this  but there s a better documented one over here -link no longer work   You can also add photos from safari in the simulator  by Tapping and Holding on the image  If you drag an image  or any other file  like a PDF  to the simulator  it will immediately open Safari and display the image  so this is quite an easy way of getting images to it

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For iOS 8  If there is no need to retain photo capture date and location  just drop photo files to the simulator   To retain photo meta data  do the following    Copy photo files to   Users  USER  Library Developer CoreSimulator Devices  UDID  data Media DCIM 100Apple Remove  or rename  folder   Users  USER  Library Developer CoreSimulator Devices  UDID  data Media photoData Relaunch Simulator   Note  You need to replace  USER  with your user name and  UDID  with the UDID of the simulator  To find UDID for your simulator  from Terminal  run  xcrun simctl list

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3 Simple Steps    Drag  amp  Drop image onto simulator     - this will open a browser with your image   Click  amp  hold image     - this will open options save image     - this will copy image onto simulator     Watch YouTube Video   add images to iphone simulator

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I wrote a bash script to do this  Check the link 1      bin bash    Imports pictures into all iOS simulators   path to pic  src ios pictures    mkdir -p  Users   whoami  Library Application  Support iPhone  Simulator  5 0 5 1 6 0 6 1  Media DCIM 100APPLE  find   Library Application  Support iPhone  Simulator  -type d -name  100APPLE  -exec cp  Users   whoami   path to pic            1    https   gist github com firesofmay 5194901

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For iOS 8  If there is no need to retain photo capture date and location  just drop photo files to the simulator   To retain photo meta data  do the following    Copy photo files to   Users  USER  Library Developer CoreSimulator Devices  UDID  data Media DCIM 100Apple Remove  or rename  folder   Users  USER  Library Developer CoreSimulator Devices  UDID  data Media photoData Relaunch Simulator   Note  You need to replace  USER  with your user name and  UDID  with the UDID of the simulator  To find UDID for your simulator  from Terminal  run  xcrun simctl list

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For iOS 7 I did the following   copy photos to these two folders     Library Application Support iPhone Simulator 6 1 Media DCIM 100APPLE   Library Application Support iPhone Simulator 7 0 Media DCIM 100APPLE   delete these 4 files only  to avoid duplicates on relaunch      Library Application Support iPhone Simulator 6 1 Media PhotoData Photos sqlite-shm   Library Application Support iPhone Simulator 6 1 Media PhotoData Photos sqlite-wal   Library Application Support iPhone Simulator 7 0 Media PhotoData Photos sqlite-shm   Library Application Support iPhone Simulator 7 0 Media PhotoData Photos sqlite-wal

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Ensure the device is running   Execute the following in terminal    open   Library Developer CoreSimulator Devices   xcrun simctl list   grep Booted   grep -Eo   a-zA-Z0-9  - a-zA-Z0-9  - a-zA-Z0-9  - a-zA-Z0-9  - a-zA-Z0-9     data Media DCIM Further regex ref   https   regex101 com r tY951n 3

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If you can not drag and drop your files because you experience the error  One or more media items failed to import    The operation couldn   t be completed   PHPhotosErrorDomain error -1   Move your files into the Documents folder and then drag them into the simulator  This will trigger the simulator to ask for permissions to access your files  Having them inside the Downloads folder  will not

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Ensure the device is running   Execute the following in terminal    open   Library Developer CoreSimulator Devices   xcrun simctl list   grep Booted   grep -Eo   a-zA-Z0-9  - a-zA-Z0-9  - a-zA-Z0-9  - a-zA-Z0-9  - a-zA-Z0-9     data Media DCIM Further regex ref   https   regex101 com r tY951n 3

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I just stumbled upon how to bulk upload images on the iOS Simulator   I ve only confirmed it on 6 1     Backup the folder     Library Application Support iPhone Simulator 6 1 Media  Copy all your images into the folder     Library Application Support iPhone Simulator 6 1 Media DCIM 100APPLE  Move or delete the folder     Library Application Support iPhone Simulator 6 1 Media PhotoData  Restart iOS Simulator Open the Photos app   The simulator will restore all the images from the 100APPLE folder

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In OS X Catalina with Xcode 11 you have to do this differently   First you MUST start the simulator   If you want to copy  say a photo to MULTIPLE simulated devices   Start all of them up   Then Right Click on a SINGLE  Multiple images will fail   ONLY does a single file      Share -  Simulator  A  share sheet will pop-up   You must choose an active simulator in the combo box and hit send   It will send one to many but NOT many to many of selected photos   I hope this helps folks   Drag and drop was supported in the last versions of Xcode and OS X but not with OS X Catalina and Xcode 11   While this IS in the directions it currently IS NOT working   What DID work for me was to first import my images into iPhoto on OS X and then DRAG DROP them from my OS X iPhoto and drop into the simulator   It would appear the drag drop for photos into the simulator is CURRENTLY only working from OS X iPhoto    -

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For iOS 5 1 this is further changed to new path       Library Application Support iPhone Simulator 5 1 Media DCIM 100APPLE

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For iOS 8 0 the answer is out of date I found the media resource in the following path    Library Developer CoreSimulator Devices  DeviceID  data Media DCIM 100APPLE

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Just drag images to the iPhone simulator

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The simplest way to get images  videos  etc onto the simulator is to drag and drop them from your computer onto the simulator  This will cause the Simulator to open the Photos app and start populating the library   If you want a scriptable method  read on  Note - while this is valid  and works  I think Koen s solution below is now a better one  since it does not require rebooting the simulator  Identify your simulator by going to xCode- gt Devices  selecting your simulator  and checking the Identifier value  Or you can ensure the simulator is running and run the following to get the device ID xcrun simctl list   grep Booted Go to   Library Developer CoreSimulator Devices  Simulator Identifier  data Media DCIM 100APPLE and add IMG nnnn THM and IMG nnnn JPG  You will then need to reset your simulator  Hardware- gt Reboot  to allow it to notice the new changes  It doesn t matter if they are not JPEGs - they can both be PNGs  but it appears that both of them must be present for it to work  You may need to create DCIM if it doesn t already exist  and in that case you should start nnnn from 0001  The JPG files are the fullsize version  while the THM files are the thumbnail  and are 75x75 pixels in size  I wrote a script to do this  but there s a better documented one over here -link no longer work   You can also add photos from safari in the simulator  by Tapping and Holding on the image  If you drag an image  or any other file  like a PDF  to the simulator  it will immediately open Safari and display the image  so this is quite an easy way of getting images to it

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Method 1  Easiest Way    If you have your image on Mac  You can drag an image from the Finder on your Mac to Simulator  and it is saved to the Saved Photos album   Method 2  If its on any URL  To save an image from a webpage to the Photos app   Place the pointer on the image you want to save  and hold down the mouse button or trackpad  When the menu appears  click Save Image to save the image to the Photos app in an iOS simulator  The image is saved to the Saved Photos album in the Photos app    Incase someone looking for Apple Documentation regarding Copying and Pasting in Simulator

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Just to tell you   KONG s solution also works on iOS 7 beta   His solution was    Drag the image to simulator  then Safari opens  or browse to the Image in the internet using Safari  Hold your click on the image When the pop-up appears  choose Save Image and enjoy

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For iOS 5 1 this is further changed to new path       Library Application Support iPhone Simulator 5 1 Media DCIM 100APPLE

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Its simple  Just follow these steps     Drag and drop image onto Simulator Now image opens into Safari browser  file       ImageName   Tap-and-hold on the Image  This displays actionSheet with Save  Cancel option  Also copy in case of iOS 7 simulator     Save the image  The image gets added into Library

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None of the answers had the exact solution that I needed   The steps I ve found for myself working on iOS 5 0 and above simulator are as follows    Close the simulator if it is running xcode project  Run simulator from the dock by clicking on it  Drag  amp  drop the image into simulator  Tap and hold the image  opened in safari  and select the save option    You are done

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3 Simple Steps    Drag  amp  Drop image onto simulator     - this will open a browser with your image   Click  amp  hold image     - this will open options save image     - this will copy image onto simulator     Watch YouTube Video   add images to iphone simulator

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Just to tell you   KONG s solution also works on iOS 7 beta   His solution was    Drag the image to simulator  then Safari opens  or browse to the Image in the internet using Safari  Hold your click on the image When the pop-up appears  choose Save Image and enjoy

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If you can not drag and drop your files because you experience the error  One or more media items failed to import    The operation couldn   t be completed   PHPhotosErrorDomain error -1   Move your files into the Documents folder and then drag them into the simulator  This will trigger the simulator to ask for permissions to access your files  Having them inside the Downloads folder  will not

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For iOS 4 2 I had to go and create the 100APPLE folder and restart the simulator  then it worked

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Just drag images to the iPhone simulator

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This is MUCH easier with the new iOS Simulator that comes with Xcode 6   iOS Simulator 8 1 and above    Now all you have to do is drag one or more photos onto the iOS Simulator window  and instead of opening Safari  the Photos app opens  and instantly adds all dragged-in photos to the device

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As of iOS 8  you can just drag all your photos onto the simulator window and they ll save to camera roll automatically  You can do as many at a time as you want

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an even easier way  is   open safari on simulator   tap www google com search for random photos  nature  open each image  press on it  and save it

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Using your pc just Send the image via your email  Open the IOS-Simulator then open the email and download the image just click and hold the mouse on the image  and from the options that will be displayed Then  it will be automatically saved to your iOS-Simulator s photo gallery

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Explain step by step of Airsource Ltd s answer for adding image to simulator    Drag it to simulator  then Safari opens  or browse to the Image in the internet using Safari  Hold your click on the image When the pop-up appears  choose Save Image and enjoy      Update  for iOS Simulator 4 2  do these steps twice to get it work  Thanks kevboh   Update  This also works for iOS Simulator 6 1

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If you need to import more than just one or two photos then take a look at this article that I wrote  It describes an easy way to perform a bulk import of photos and works for iOS 4 x

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I just needed some random images for testing  so this is how I did it   I have the simplest solution in the world  Just open Safari in the simulator  go to Google images  or your own web or Dropbox URL   view an image  hold down the mouse button for 2 seconds  and you ll see  Save Image  - it will save right into the Photos library  Rinse and repeat

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quit the simulator   Run simulator from the dock by clicking on it   Drag  amp  drop the image into simulator which you want to add   it will open image in safari    tap and hold the image and click the save option   then open gallery and you will see the image which u had saved recently

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I wrote a bash script to do this  Check the link 1      bin bash    Imports pictures into all iOS simulators   path to pic  src ios pictures    mkdir -p  Users   whoami  Library Application  Support iPhone  Simulator  5 0 5 1 6 0 6 1  Media DCIM 100APPLE  find   Library Application  Support iPhone  Simulator  -type d -name  100APPLE  -exec cp  Users   whoami   path to pic            1    https   gist github com firesofmay 5194901

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Just Drag and Drop image into iphone simulator  browser will open to show your image  press on image until you not receive options to save Image  then Save image  thats it     you will see your image in to Photo app in your simulator

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