How do I type using my keyboard on the iphone simulator?

Question

I used to be able to type with my real mac keyboard after launching the iPhone Simulator. Typing with the on-screen simulator keyboard is just horrible when testing with lar

Answer 1

Shell / Command-Line / Jenkins / CI:

sh "plutil -replace DevicePreferences.${deviceID}.ConnectHardwareKeyboard -bool NO $HOME/Library/Preferences/com.apple.iphonesimulator.plist"
sh "plutil -extract DevicePreferences.${deviceID} xml1 -o - $HOME/Library/Preferences/com.apple.iphonesimulator.plist"

The Device ID can be found via xcrun / simctl, based on the devoce name:

xcrun simctl list | grep ${simulatorDeviceName} | sed 's/).*(.*//;s/.*(//'